2019惠州二调惠州市2019届高三第二次调研考试英语试题.doc

1、 1 惠州市 2019 届高三第二次调研考试 英 语 2018.10 本试卷分选择题和非选择题两部分。满分 120 分 （最终成绩按总分 135 分进 行折算 ）， 考试用时 120 分钟。 注意事项： 1. 本试卷分第 卷（选择题）和第 卷（非选择题）两部分。 2. 答题前，考生务必将自己的姓名，准考证号填写在答题卡相应的位置 。 3. 全部答案应在答题卡上完成，答在本试卷上无效。 4. 考试结束后，将答题卡交回。 第 I 卷 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

2、）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 A Feeling hungry but dont have the time to get in line for food? Why not just grab and go? Here are the best places for takeout in this city. Try choosing your takeaway food by referring to the following feedbacks from the customers: New Garden: Shop 6A, G/F, Sen Fat Bldg, 6 B

3、onham Strand Rileen Chua: Beef egg toasted sandwich! Good for takeaway as u skip the queue! So time-saving! Chris Chua: Must order their sandwiches and red bean ice! Classic! Fuyuhiko Takaya: English service available. My favorite Chinese-Western fusion restaurant! Pololi: 35-39 Graham Street (Holly

4、wood Road) Max Lmn: Great healthy takeaway spot! Alfonso Castillo: Loved the food. Very healthy and not so expensive. I would recommend it to be taken away rather than actually eat there. 11:30 all the way to 02:00, good for late night snacks! Will C: Friendly staff, well knowledge of their products

5、 and offer samples to try. Had the avocado spicy tuna, wasabi Mayo and salad. If you like fresh healthy food, you wont be disappointed. Feast (Food by EAST): 1/F, EAST, Hong Kong, 29 Taikoo Shing Rd Shari McCullough: The to-go counter is great for picking up a fresh, yummy salad or sandwich for take

6、away. Berla King: Cupcakes turned out to be the densest and heaviest ever. Suggest you pass on the takeaway counter for more desserts. Closes at 21:00. La Rotisserie: Shop B, G/F, Manhattan Avenue, 25 Queens Rd C, Sheung Wan Bart Verkoeijen: Its for takeaway or on the go only. You get the chicken wr

7、apped in aluminum foil, and it is still hot after 15 minutes. Opens 14:00 23:00. 2 John Chew: It is a great lunch takeaway. I love the chicken with pasta. People are crazy about its chocolate cake which I will have to try one of these days. Tink Wong: Yummy! Probably not the healthiest but the potat

8、oes were delic ious. The chicken was juicy and very well-seasoned. Will go back for sure! Tea set is worth every dollar. Click more if you want other recommendations. Treat yourself! 21. Who is this passage intended for? A. People who dont want to wait for food. B. People who are hungry. C. People w

9、ho are too lazy to go out eating. D. People who are particular about food. 22. What made New Garden special among the best places for takeaway? A. Customers can experience different food cultures. B. It only offers takeaway food. C. Only fresh healthy food is served. D. Customers can enjoy excellent

10、 service. 23.You can go to_ to choose fresh healthy food at 22:00. A. New Garden B. Pololi C. Feast D. La Rotisserie B I realized something this morning. I have been writing now for 34 years. It all started when I was just 18 years old. As a boy I had read literally(毫不夸张地） hundreds of books. I had a

11、 thirst for knowledge that seemingly could never fade. Then suddenly I found I had something I wanted to share. I tried to ignore it, but as any writer will tell you once the ideas awaken inside of you they wont leave you alone until you write them down. I didnt have a computer, word processor, or e

12、ven a typewriter. Still, I grabbed a pen and lined notebook paper and wrote everything that was burning inside of me. When I was done I didnt know how to share it. There was no internet back then, no smart phones, and no social media. I sought out the editor of my local county newspaper and asked hi

13、m to print what I had written. He was a good man full of both wisdom and kindness. He not only printed my first story but agreed to publish anything else I was willing to write. I continued to write new articles each week and shared them first with other local papers and later online as well. Years

14、later at the urging of my readers I even self-published two collections of my stories in book form. Through my writing I slowly became more than I was. In my writings I encountered my highest self. In my writings I discovered the goodness and light that lies in us all. In my writings I found great l

15、ove and joy and encouraged others to choose love and joy as well. I also found that we all are writers whether we put pen to paper or not. With every choice we make, with every thought we hold, and with everything we do we are writing our own life story. Lance Wubbels once wrote: “I hope you realize

16、 your life is truly your life. It belongs to you. It is your story to write with love. Day by day, line by line, write it well.“ 24. As a boy, when the author found he had something to share, _. A. he wrote it down B. he ignored it 3 C. he shared it on social media D. he told it to a writer 25. How

17、did the author begin his writing career? A. He was hired as a newspaper editor. B. He put his stories online by himself. C. He self-published two books. D. He was helped by a local newspaper editor. 26. What does the author think of writing? A. Writing takes practice and efforts. B. Writing can bene

18、fit oneself and others. C. Writing helps people tell right from wrong. D. Only with a pen can one write his life story. 27. Which of the following can be the best title for the text? A. A Way to be a Writer B. A Way to Share Ideas C. Living is Writing D. Writing is the Source of Love C Do you find i

19、t difficult to put down your mobile phone? If yes, youre not alone. These days, many people suffer from the stress of FOMO (fear of missing out). They reach for their mobile phones when they wake up in the morning, and for the rest of the day, they constantly scroll down the timelines of their socia

20、l media apps to get the latest updates. Despite the convenience smartphones bring, many people struggle with their digital habits. As Sameer Samat, US tech company vice president of product management, said in his speech at the 2018 Google I/O developer conference on May 8, 70% of people dont want t

21、o spend so much time on their phones. This is why during the conference Google introduced an app called Dashboard for the new version of its Android operating system. This new app includes well-being functions that aim to help users manage the time they spend on their digital devices. It all starts

22、with a birds-eye view. Dashboard allows users to look at all the details of their phone habits. For example, users can see how many times theyve unlocked their phone and how many times theyve checked their social media apps, as well as how much time they spend on each app every day. Once the users s

23、ee this information, theyll be able to make some changes. With the App Timer functions, users can set a time limit for how long they can use each app for every day. After theyve hit the limit， they wont be able to launch the app until the next day. But even if users become more mindful of their usag

24、e, theyre still likely to be drawn in by notifications (通知 ). This is where the Shush feature comes in. It automatically silences incoming calls and notifications when a user puts his/her phone face down. If people truly want to make full use of their free time instead of losing hours using their sm

25、artphones, these new functions are just one way of doing that. 4 After all, who needs to use an app to stop you from using other apps when the easiest answer would be just to use your willpower? 28. People under the pressure of FOMO may_. A. have trouble with their sleep B. find it hard to focus on

26、anything C. be addicted to their mobile phones D. prefer to download the latest apps 29. What inspires Google to launch Dashboard? A.The limited functions of current Android system. B. Peoples complaint about their smartphones. C. Samats impressive speech at a conference. D. Mobilephone users great

27、demand. 30. _ can track users phone habits in detail. A. Android B. Timer C. Shush D. Dashboard 31. What can be learned from the passage? A. Dashboard turned out to be popular. B. Dashboard is a perfect choice to manage time properly. C. Strong willpower is the easiest way to avoid smartphone addict

28、ion. D. People are exploring other ways to stop overusing smartphones. D Wild animals are known to listen to each other for warnings that pre dators are near. Some birds, for example, flee when neighbors make a loud noise to announc e a snakes presence. The fairy wren is a small Australian songbird.

29、 It is not born know ing the “languages“ of other birds. But recent research says it can learn the meaning of a few important sounds. Andrew Radford is a biologist at the University of Bristol in England and c o-writer of the new report published in early August in the journal Current Biology. He to

30、ld the Assoc iated Press, “We knew before that some animals can translate the meanings of other spec ies foreign languages, but we did not know how that language learning came about.“ Birds have several w ays of learning life skills. Some know ledge is genetic ally passed down by their parents and s

31、ome comes from direct experience w ith the world. But Radford and other scientists are exploring a third kind of knowledge: information from fellows. Radford and researchers at the Australian National University c arried out the study in the countrys National Botanic Gardens in Canberra.They attache

32、d to their bodies spec ially-designed, sound-produc ing equipment called “tw eeter speakers.“ They w anted to see if fairy w rens w ould react to sounds of other birds even if they c ould not see t hem. The sc ientists first played the birds two recorded sounds that they likely had never heard befor

33、e. One was a warning cry of a thornbill, a bird not native to Australia. The other w as a c omputer-generated bird sound c alled “buzz.“ When the 16 fairy wrens in the study first heard the sounds, they had no spec ial reaction. The sc ientists then tried to train half of the birds to recognize the

34、thornbills cry 5 as a warning sound. They tried to train the other half to recognize the c omputer-generated “buzz“ as a w arning c all. After three days, the sc ientists tested what the birds had learned and their students passed the test. The fairy wrens trained w ith the thornbills cry, fled when

35、 they heard it. The group trained w ith the buzz, fled when they heard that sound. Neither group reacted to the sound taught to the other. 32. What does the underlined word “predators” in the first paragraph mean? A. enemies B. neighbors C. birds D. snakes 33. Which is the right order of the experim

36、ent? a. The fairy wrens were divided into two parts. b. The fairy wrens made no reaction to the strange sounds. c. The fairy wrens wore sound-providing equipment. d. The fairy wrens were trained separately. e. The fairy wrens passed the test successfully. A. a b c d e B. c b a d e C. c e b a d D. a

37、c e d b 34. It can be learned from the study that the fairy wrens _. A. were not good foreign language learners B. made no reaction to the sounds all the time C. took both of the sounds as warnings D. fled when hearing the sound trained with 35. The passage is probably taken from_. A. A biology text

38、book B. A science magazine C. A science fiction D. A wildlife brochure 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。 Gratitude is not only an art performed in daily life, but also part of our traditional virtue. Has your mother or friend told you that youre an ungrateful per

39、son? Do you feel unable to appreciate the world or people around you? Are you obsessed with things you dont have instead of being thankful for what you do have? 36 then you will definitely need to work on being a more grateful person. Showing gratitude has been put forward in the last few decades. 3

40、7 But there are still some tips that help make it possible for you to practice gratitude. Refusing to play the victim is the first step youre supposed to take. 38 If you want to be grateful, stop complaining the world, your teachers, your friends and your family about not putting themselves in your

41、shoes, and focus on how much theyve helped and cared about you. Volunteering in your community is another effective way to show how grateful you are for what the world has given you. Whether youre helping clean up a local park, working in a soup kitchen, or teaching children or adults in your commun

42、ity to learn to read, your perspective towards life will change positively. 39 6 40 You shouldnt always be good only to your close friends or family members. You can help a neighbor look for a lost dog. You can also help an old lady carry her grocery. You dont have to search for these opportunities

43、purposely. Sometimes they will present themselves. So when they come, act with generosity. Youll be more grateful for your role played in the world. A. However hard you try to avoid these questions B. If you find yourself involved in one of these circumstances C. Gradually, youll be more grateful fo

44、r the chances to repay the society D. Doing a random act of kindness is also a great way of practicing gratitude. E. While such encouragement is morally meaningful， it seems to be a little abstract. F. Ungrateful persons are always blaming the world for the problems and owing all the faults to other

45、s G. When you reflect on your thoughts, feelings, emotions and actions, you are actually reflecting on your values. 第三部分 英语知识运用（共两节， 满分 45 分） 第一节 完形填空（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, 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。 I was frustrated at not being entered into the national IT

46、 competition Id applied for. I sat in the car, lost in 41 , chewing my lip and staring outside. I went upstairs, 42 and desperate. Grandpas door was open for me as usual. There, he was waiting for my 43 with great excitement. I stood silently, forcing a 44 to cover my sadness. He seemed to 45 me imm

47、ediately, giving me a 46 . I was astonished that such a 47 body was full of so much energy. Only then did my emotions start 48 out. I told him that all my 49 were for nothing, and that I was feeling discouraged. Grandpa smiled at me 50 and said, Dont worry. Youre far stronger than you think. Then he 51 , Life can be full of ups and downs so what we need do is to still have our hopes and 52 , neglecting the anxiety that makes it easy to give up. He 53 me on the shoulder, with a determined look, before saying, Cheer up. Im firmly 54 that you have the capabil