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2017广州普通高中毕业班综合测试(一)英语试题及参考答案
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试卷类型：A
2017年广州市普通高中毕业班
第Ⅰ卷
第二部分阅读理解(共两节,满分40分)
第一节
题卡上将该项涂黑。
Inside the Rain Room
The Rain Room has arrived and local art lovers are taking
notice.Isit worth the wait? Yes, I assure you it is. Once
inside,visitorsfind a long, dark room with a high ceiling. A
singlebright lightshines through heavy rain falling around
visitors. Themist. Thedamp air. The noise. It feels like a mighty
storm ispouring down.But the storm is inside. And
visitorsaren’tgetting wet. Instead, visitors wander inawe, admiring
the rain andthe artists who created it.
The Rain Room was created to highlight the connectionbetweenhumans,
nature and technology. With a tracking system thatsensesmovement
and stops the rain wherever visitors move, it doesjustthat. Light
and sound produce an experience that feels bothnaturaland foreign.
The exhibit is moving on to Atlanta next month.I urgeyou to visit
before then. It’s time toexperiencethe Rain Room for yourself!
试卷类型：A
2017年广州市普通高中毕业班综合测试（一）
英
第Ⅰ卷
第二部分 阅读理解 (共两节, 满分40分)
第一节
题卡上将该项涂黑。
A
Inside the Rain Room
The Rain Room has arrived and local art lovers are taking notice.
Is it worth the wait? Yes, I assure you it is. Once inside,
visitors find a long, dark room with a high ceiling. A single
bright light shines through heavy rain falling around visitors. The
mist. The damp air. The noise. It feels like a mighty storm is
pouring down. But the storm is inside. And visitors aren’t getting
wet. Instead, visitors wander in awe, admiring the rain and the
artists who created it.
The Rain Room was created to highlight the connection between
humans, nature and technology. With a tracking system that senses
movement and stops the rain wherever visitors move, it does just
that. Light and sound produce an experience that feels both natural
and foreign. The exhibit is moving on to Atlanta next month. I urge
you to visit before then. It’s time to experience the Rain Room for
yourself!
21. Whats the purpose of the text?
A. To attract visitors to a new art
exhibit.
B. To explain how an exhibit has been created.
C. To describe the technology used in the exhibit
D. To promote the artists taking part in an exhibit.
22. What’s the function of the exhibit’s tracking system?
A. To keep visitors from getting
wet.
B. To protect the exhibit from water damage.
C. To time how long visitors are in the room.
D. To count the number of visitors in the room.
23. What must you do when visiting the Rain Room?
A. Wear a
raincoat.
C. Leave your camera
outside
B
Dujiangyan is the oldest man-made water system in the world, and a
wonder in the development of Chinese science. Built over 2,200
years ago in what is now Sichuan Province in Southwest China, this
amazing engineering achievement is still used today to irrigate
over 6,000 square kilometres of farmland, take away floodwater and
provide water for 50 cities in the province.
In ancient times, the region in which Dujiangyan now stands
suffered from regular floods caused by overflow from the Minjiang
River. To help the victims of the flooding, Li Bing, the region’s
governor, together with his son, decided to find a solution. They
studied the problem and discovered that the river most often
overflowed when winter snow at the top of the nearby Mount Yulei
began to melt as the weather warmed.
The simplest fix was to build a dam, but this would have mined the
Minjiang River. So instead Li designed a series of channels built
at different levels along Mount Yulei that would take away the
floodwater while leaving the river flowing naturally. Better still,
the extra water could be directed to the dry Chengdu Plain, making
it suitable for farming.
Cutting the channels through the hard rock of Mount Yulei was a
remarkable accomplish- ment as it was done long before the
invention of gunpowder and explosives. Li Bing found another
solution. He used a combination of fire and water to heat and cool
the rocks until they cracked and could be removed. After eight
years of work, the 2-metre-wide canals had been carved through the
mountain.
Once the system was finished, no more floods occurred and the
people were able to live peacefully and affluently. Today,
Dujiangyan is admired by scientists from around the world because
of one feature. Unlike modern dams where the water is blocked with
a huge wall, Dujiangyan still lets water flow through the Minjiang
River naturally, enabling ecosystems and fish populations to exist
in harmony.
24. What are the benefits of Dujiangyan according to
the first paragraph?
A. Reducing flooding and watering farmland.
25. What was the main cause of the Minjiang River’s flooding?
26. How was Li Bing able to break。through the rocks of Mount
Yulei?
B. By flooding the rocks with water.
D. By breaking the rocks with hammers and spades.
27. Why is Dujiangyan greatly admired by scientists today?
A. It preserves much of the natural river life.
B. It took very little time to complete the project.
C. The building techniques used were very modern.
D. It has raised the living standards of the local people
C
Bill Gates recently predicted that online learning will make
place-based colleges less significant, and five years from now,
students will be able to find the best lectures in the world
online. I applaud Mr. Gates. But what’s taking us so long?
As early as 1997, MIT (麻省理工) decided to post videos of all
university lectures online. for free, for all people. But today,
how many students have you met who mastered advanced mathematics or
nuclear physics from an MIT online video? Unfortunately, the answer
is not many.
The problem is the poor quality of online education websites and
the experience they provide to students. Those who go to the MIT
website and watch courses online are surely very smart people, but
it’s not like playing a video game such as World of Warcraft. Only
the most ardent students, those who are highly motivated, will
devote themselves to studying these boring online videos.
The real question is why we aren’t spending more to develop better
online education platforms. Where is the Avatar of education? Think
about this. The market for Hollywood films per year is worth around
30 billion USD. Education in the world is a trillion-dollar-a-year
market, hundreds of times bigger than Hollywood movies. Yet the
most expensive digital learning system ever built cost well under
100 million dollars.
Bill Gates’ prediction is going to happen. There is no doubt about
it. But it will only happen when we create high level educational
content and experiences that engage and excite more than has ever
been possible in the real world.
28. What has Bill Gates forecast about online
learning?
A. It will concentrate on physics lectures.
B. It will completely replace real universities.
C. It will help to make universities more successful.
D. It will play an increasingly important role in education.
29. What does the underlined word ardent in Paragraph 3 mean?
A.
Creative.
30. According to the author, what is holding back the popularity of
online learning?
A. The lack of lectures available online.
B. The high cost of access to the websites.
C. The low standard of educational websites.
D. The competition with online computer games.
31. Why does the author mention Hollywood?
A. To show that Hollywood produces many successful movies
B. To prove that education is more profitable than
entertainment
C. To argue that movie directors should produce educational
content
D. To urge that more money be spent developing educational
websites.
D
Persuasion is the art of convincing someone to agree with you.
According to the ancient Greeks, there are three basic tools of
persuasion：ethos, pathos, and logos.
Ethos is a speaker’s way of convincing the audience that she is
trustworthy, honest and reliable. One common way a speaker can
develop ethos is by explaining how much experience or education she
has in the field. After all, you’re more likely to listen to advice
about how to take care of your teeth from a dentist than a fireman.
A speaker can also create ethos by convincing the audience that she
is a good person. If an audience cannot trust you, you will not be
able to persuade them.
Pathos is a speaker’s way of connecting with an audience’s
emotions. For example, a politician who is trying to convince an
audience to vote for him might say that he alone can save the
country from a terrible war. These words are intended to fill the
audience with fear, thus making them support him. Similarly, an
animal charity might show an audience pictures of injured dogs and
cats, to make the viewers feel pity。If the audience feels bad for
the animals, they will be more likely to donate money.
Logos is the use of facts, statistics, or other evidence to support
your argument. An audience will be more likely to believe you if
you have convincing data to back up your claims. Presenting this
evidence is much more persuasive than simply saying believe
me.
Although ethos, pathos, and logos all have their strengths, they
are often most effective when used together. Indeed, most speakers
use a combination of ethos, pathos, and logos to persuade their
audiences. So, the next time you listen to a speech, watch a
commercial, or listen to a friend try to convince you to lend him
some money, be on the lookout for these ancient Greek tools of
persuasion.
32. Why does the author say persuasion is an
art?
A. They both entertain the audience.
B. They both require great skill to achieve.
C. They both demand full attention from the audience.
D. They were both common topics of ancient Greek writers.
33. How is a speaker able to show her ethos to the audience?
A. By expressing her sympathy with the audience
B. By telling the audience about her personal preference.
C. By using beautiful language to make her statements
attractive.
D. By showing her knowledge and experience relating to the
topic.
34. What can we learn about the three aspects of persuasion?
A. Ethos is the most important aspect of persuasion.
B. Each aspect has a different effect on the audience.
C. Honesty is the key to making your arguments believable
D. Political leaders mostly use pathos to persuade their
audience
35. An advertisement for washing powder which claims that
scientific tests show that our powder kills 95％of all bacteria” is
mainly using __________________.
A.
ethos
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。
We’ve all experienced peer pressure (同伴压力). It happens to
everybody. However, people have different reactions. Confident
people refuse to do things they don’t want to do, but shy and
anxious people often give in. It may be because they want to be
liked. It may be because they worry that their friends will make
fun of them, or perhaps they’re just curious about trying something
new.
It’s hard being the only one who says no and the question is：how do
you do it?
If you think that missing maths, or smoking, or going somewhere you
know your parents wouldn’t like is a bad idea then the answer is
simple：don’t do it. It’s your decision. nobody else’s. You don’t
need to be aggressive. You don’t need to shout and scream, but you
must be confident and you must be firm. You need to say, No thanks.
I don’t want to do that.”
Being on your own against everybody else is very hard, so it can
really help to have at least one other peer, or friend, who will
say no
too.
A. Choose your friends carefully.
B. Firstly, you must decide what you believe.
C. It’s about sharing experiences and having fun.
D. Of course, peer pressure isn’t completely bad.
E. It may be because they were all born to be stubborn.
F. Depression and guilt will surely give you peer pressure.
G. Whatever the reason, some people end up doing things they really
don’t want to.
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。
Sarah lived on a farm with her family. She was___41___ to learn to
track, to identify each person and where they were going by the
marks they left on the ground. And if her father couldn’t teach
her, she’d teach herself.
To the___42___ of her family, she borrowed all their ___43___ and
taught herself to recognize everyone’s footprints in the sand. More
than once her father came outside shouting, Sarah, bring me___44___
my boots. ”
Sarah developed the habit of walking around with her eyes fixed on
the ground, ___45___ the comings and goings of every___46___ in the
place.
She also developed the annoying habit of ___47___ everyone. What
were you doing down at the dam, Jack? You’re not ___48___ to play
there. Did you find what you were___49___ in the garage, Auntie?
and Who was the stranger visiting today wearing size ten boots,
Mum?’
After she’d ___50___ every pair of shoes that everyone ___51___,
she turned to the farm’s animals. By this time ___52___ her victims
had to admit, ___53___, that she was good.
Her best ___54___ came one evening when she said the horse’s front
foot was ___55___. Her father said that the horse was ___56___
fine. Sarah ___57___ that its hoof (蹄) had a split. Sarah’s father
___58___ the horse’s hoof.
“You’re___59___. The hoof is split. How did you know?”
“You can see it in its ___60___.” Sarah moved the horse away.
“Look, it’s plain in the sand.”
“If you can tell it has a split hoof from that sand, you’re pretty
good,” said her lather.
41. A.
determined
42. A.
expectation
43. A.
shoes
44. A.
up
45. A.
guiding
46. A.
vehicle
47. A.
surprising
48. A.
prepared
49. A. calling
for
50. A.
worn