2011年高考廣東英語模擬試題

第一部分語言知識及應用（共兩節，滿分45分）

第一節 完形填空（共15小題；每小題2分，滿分30分）

閱讀下面短文，掌握其大意，然后從1~15各題所給的A、B、C和D項中，選出最佳選項，并在答題卡上將該項涂黑。

There is a true story about a young lady who got so sick of living with her strict parents that she ran away from home. However， she soon found out that 1 was not easy on her own. She couldn’t find a job， and it didn’t take long for her friends to get2 her so they kicked her out. Well， this young 19-year-old girl got so

3 that she decided to start making money by begging.

Years passed. Her father died. Her mother grew older. But she still would not write or go home to see her4 . One day， the mother 5 that her daughter was seen in a certain part of town，so shewentthere

6 her daughter. She went to every store and cheap hotel asking to put a picture of herself， now a gray-haired woman， on their walls. Beside her picture was this message to her daughter which simply 7 : “I still love you! Please come home!”

Months 8 and nothing happened. Then one day the daughter wandered into one of those hotels. You can imagine how 9she was to see her mother’s picture on the wall of that dirty， cheap hotel. As she read her mother’s message to her， she burst into 10 .

That night she started walking many miles back to her home. It was in the early morning that she finally arrived at the front door of her parents’ house. She began to 11 but the door was already open. Afraid that someone had 12 the house， she 13 inside and woke up the sleeping old lady and told her she had finally come home. Mother and daughter began to cry as they held each other. The daughter said， “I thought someone had broken open the door!” But the mother

14 her head and answered 15 ， “My dear， from the day you left I’ve kept the door unlocked.”

1. A. lifeB. study

C. society D. work

2. A. interested inB. fond of

C. tired ofD. worried about

3. A. satisfiedB. hopeless

C. homelessD. excited

4. A. fatherB. friend

C. sisterD. mother

5. A. sawB. heard

C. noticedD. listened

6. A. asking forB. finding out

C. looking forD. searching for

7. A. saidB. told

C. wroteD. signed

8. A. passedB. returned

C. changedD. went

9. A. disappointedB. shocked

C. confusedD. pleased

10. A. laughterB. fear

C. angerD. tears

11. A. kickB. lock

C. shoutD. knock

12. A. broken outB. broken down

C. broken intoD. broken up

13. A. enteredB. ran

C. walkedD. wandered

14. A. shookB. nodded

C. bentD. bowed

15. A. firmlyB. loudly

C. gentlyD. regretfully

第二節 語法填空（共10小題；每小題1.5分，滿分15分）

閱讀下面短文，按照句子結構的語法性和上下文連貫的要求，在空格處填入一個適當的詞或使用括號中詞語的正確形式填空，并將答案填寫在答題卡標號為16~25的相應位置上。

An English proverb goes like this， “Spare the rod and spoil the child.” It implies that in order to enable a child to grow16 (health)， parents must make him eat bitter foods， do hard work and be sent to places

17 he can get the fullest training and knowledge.

First of all，18 (eat) bitter foods is necessary for a child. Poor food can help cultivate in him the frugal (節儉的) habit and make him realize what we eat daily is the fruit of the sweat of the laboring people. Consequently， he will not be wasteful when he 19(grow) up. Secondly， parents should also make the child do hard work. Doing hard work will give him20opportunity to taste the bitterness of labor. Moreover， hard work may also21 (able) him to cherish the fruit of 22 labor. Finally， children should 23(send) to somewhere where life is hard if possible. Human society is full of tests and trials. Flowers from a greenhouse can never withstand a storm. Therefore， children should be allowed to face the world and brave the storm. It is 24difficult conditions that young people can get the hardest training and learn how to solve the problems in 25(vary) circumstances.

第二部分閱讀 (共兩節，滿分50分)

第一節 閱讀理解（共20小題；每小題2分，滿分40分）

閱讀下列短文，從每題所給的A、B、C和D項中，選出最佳選項，并填寫在答題卡標號為26~45的相應位置上。

A

Australians have been warned they face a life or death decision over their water — drink recycled sewage or die.

With the drought continuing， the country is set to be forced to use purified waste water for drinking， even though there is great opposition to the measure.

Queensland has become the first state to introduce the policy after a warning from its premier.

“I think in the end， because of the drought， all of Australia is going to end up drinking recycled purified water，\" said Peter Beattie.

“These are difficult decisions， but you either drink water or you die. There's no choice. It’s liquid gold; it’s a matter of life and death.”

Beattie said Australia’s second largest state would become the first to use recycled water for drinking.

Water is recycled in Britain and parts of northern Europe along with the US and Israel.

But Australians have never liked the idea.

To try to change the way Australians think， Prime Minister John Howard and Environment Minister Malcolm Turnbull have backed Queensland's move.

“I am very strongly in favour of recycling and Mr. Beattie is right and I agree with him completely，” Howard said.

Turnbull added that Australian cities， all now facing water shortages because of the worst drought on record， must start to use recycled water.

“All of our big cities have to widen the range of water sources to include sources which are not dependent on rainfall，” he said.

26. Water is recycled in the following countries EXCEPT __________.

A. Australia B. the U.S. C. Israel D. Britain

27. Which of the following is TRUE?

A. Queensland is the biggest state of Australia.

B. The drought is getting more and more serious in Australia.

C. People in the U.S. like to drink recycled water.

D. Australians prefer to die rather than drink purified sewage.

28. The underlined word in Paragraph 2 is similar to the meaning of “__________”.

A. pureB. recycledC. drinkingD. waste

29. What can be inferred from the passage?

A. All Australians oppose to the using of recycled water.

B. Prime Minister first put forward the idea of recycling water.

C. Australians probably have to drink recycled water in the near future.

D. Australia has experienced worse drought before in history.

30. What may be the best title of the passage?

A. Australians Oppose Sewage Water

B. Recycling Water in Queensland

C. Premier Calling for Purified Water

D. Sewage Water: it’s Life or Death

B

“Happiness consists in the variety of agreeable consciousness，” wrote Samuel Johnson，a famous British writer of the eighteenth century.

Today， among different temptations and material sources of modern-day enjoyment， all the people are still searching for the key to happiness. The question “How can we be happy?” seems to worry everyone. People still do not seem able to find a definite answer to the problem of finding happiness. Happiness seems to be a very difficult thing. Solon’s dictum (名言) “no man is happy until he is dead” seems to present both the poor and the rich with a continual threat causing them no end of anxiety.

In Oxford， England， a famous psychology professor， Dr Michael Argyle， has succeeded in his search for happiness. He explains that happiness includes three essential elements—first， positive emotions like joy; second， the absence of negative emotions like anxiety; and lastly， the non-emotional element which means a general， more profound satisfaction with life.

“The biggest source of happiness is a happy marriage，” Dr Argyle explains. “Job satisfaction is another essential ingredient of happiness.” Do you feel you are doing a useful job? Do you feel you are achieving， or stand a chance of achieving your ambitions? If you honestly have positive answers to these questions， then eventually， you will be happy; if not， then you can still be happy by reducing your ambitions and lowering your expectations in order to achieve happiness. The fact is， the higher your ambitions and dreams are，the more difficult it will be for you to achieve your goals and therefore it will be harder to achieve satisfaction and happiness.

Dr Argyle offers other ways people can take to achieve happiness. Music， games or sports， a drink with a friend， a simple gathering at tea， lunch or dinner with loved ones， or simply thinking of nice things， can give a person happiness， if only for a few hours. Surprisingly， television programmes， especially soap operas offer nothing but a few pleasurable moments. Often， television viewers are so carried away emotionally that they feel depressed or emotionally tired. Non-soap programmers， on the other hand， bore many viewers or sometimes deepen their sadness. Dr Argyle further explains that wealth and worldly success do contribute to happiness. But in the ultimate analysis， Dr Argyle says， it is the person’s temperament (性情) that makes him happy or unhappy. “There are among us people who are naturally happy， and there are the sad ones.”

Happiness is indeed mysterious. As one wise man put it， “Few are those who have never had the chance to achieve happiness，but fewer are those who have never taken that chance.”

31. The writer quotes Solon’s dictum in paragraph 2 to prove that ________.

A. happiness is everyone’s business

B. the dead are happier than the living

C. man is generally hard

D. happiness is not easy to find

32. Which of the following is NOT mentioned as a sourceof happiness?

A. Happy marriage.B. Entertainment.

C. High ambitions.D. Wealth and power.

33. The writer believes that television programmes ________.

A. do more harm than good

B. offer only limited enjoyment

C. should be avoided altogether by viewers

D. are a nice source of enjoyment

34. Dr. Argyle believes that ________.

A. the character of a person is largely affected by his working environment

B. there are people who are born happy or unhappy

C. there are people who blame others for their low self-esteem

D. most people often feel depressed because they worry about what other people think of them．

35. In the last paragraph，the writer implies that ________.

A. happiness is 1

B. people may not know it but they are， in fact， happy

C. people should not bother seeking happiness

D. most people have been happy at least once in their life

C

Joan of Arc， the daughter of a peasant family， was born in 1412 at Domremy in northeastern France. During her childhood， France remained at war with the English invaders， which is called the Hundred Years’ War (1337—1453).

One day， Joan， aged twelve， experienced her first vision when she was out. A boy just coming from the village told Joan that her mother wanted her. Walking home alone through the woods， a bright cloud surrounded her and some voices told her she was chosen to drive out the English invaders and deliver her country by helping the prince Charles VII to be king. The voices added that they would return and give her instructions till the right time for her to take action. Joan arrived home only to know her mother had not got anyone to find her.

Four years later， at the age of 16， Joan left home. She managed to predict that French army would be defeated in a battle， and this impressed Charles VII. A year later， she began to command the army， making her the youngest person in history to command armies of a nation. During her fight， she not only dressed up in men’s clothing and armor， but she also rode at the head of the army. Once， Joan’s army beat English force killing over 2000 while suffering almost no losses. Inspired by her courage， the French army won battle after battle under her leadership. Eventually， Charles VII was crowned King of France on 16 July. Joan fulfilled her central part of her mission.

Unfortunately， Joan was caught later in a battle and then was sold to the English government. In England， she was on trial by a religious court and was judged guilty because of her role in the war. Joan was burnt to death on 30 May， 1431， at the age of nineteen years old with her last words “Jesus， Jesus， Jesus!” However， Joan was found innocent twenty-five years later and declared a martyr（烈士）.

Up till now， remembered as a national heroine of France and a Catholic saint， Joan of Arc has remained an important figure in Western culture. Major writers and composers， including Shakespeare， Mark Twain， and George Bernard Shaw have created works about her. Descriptions of her continue in films， televisions， video games and songs.

36. What is the purpose of the passage?

A. To discuss Joan of Arc’s contributions to the world.

B. To inform us of Joan of Arc’s life.

C. To argue about Joan of Arc’s behavior in the Hundred Years’ War.

D. To show us Joan of Arc’s love to her country.

37. The underlined word “deliver” in paragraph 2 means _________.

A. to send something to a place

B. to help give birth to a baby

C. to make somebody free of something bad

D. to do something you are expected to

38. Which is NOT true according to the passage?

A. Joan was the youngest commander ever.

B. Joan defeated English army with hardly any losses.

C. Joan encouraged her soldiers with her bravery and courage.

D. When Charles became King of France， Joan finished all her task.

39. It can be inferred that _________.

A. Joan had won all the battles since she began to command the army

B. the English government caught her to weaken the leadership of the French army

C. She was sentenced to death by an English religious court

D. Joan was guilty because she defeated the English army many times

40. What is the author’s attitude towards Joan of Arc?

A. Objective.B. Respectful.

C. Sympathetic.D. Doubtful.

D

In a few weeks， high school students face the prospect of taking the much-publicized new SAT Reasoning Test， which for the first time will require them to write a timed essay. Yet colleges continue to send confusing signals about whether students applying in the fall to attend college must take the new exam.

Some schools， including Harvard， say they will accept scores from either the new test or the old SAT I， which was administered for the last time in January and did not contain a writing section. The University of Central Florida， for example， will require the new test， which will be given for the first time on March 12. Still others， such as the University of Virginia， strongly recommend that prospective applicants take the new test but under some circumstances also will accept the old SAT. A number of colleges are delaying a decision. The College Board， which administers the SAT， surveyed more than 1，900 four-year schools and has heard back from slightly more than 500. Of those， 81% say they will require the new test， including schools such as Harvard that are giving students a choice in what will be a year of transition.

“Anything new goes through a special lens of evaluation，” says Lee Stetson， admissions dean at the University of Pennsylvania， which judiciously will use results from the new writing section until officials have a chance to study the revised SAT’s predictive validity.

A number of admissions deans are skeptical that the new exam will be an improvement. Charles Deacon， dean of undergraduate admissions at Georgetown University， says adding the essay “will create more barriers to poor kids who are less well-prepared”. The test was rushed to market because the University of California system， a major College Board customer， threatened to stop requiring the SAT， he says. The test “was developed and marketed for all the wrong reasons”. Deacon， who says he has been“badgered” by the College Board to endorse the new exam， has refused to do so.

Some schools， including Georgetown， Iowa’s Grinnell College and Pennsylvania's Franklin and Marshall College， say that at least for now， they will not even look at scores from the writing section when making admission decisions. “We have adopted a wait-and-see attitude，” says Dennis Trotter of Franklin and Marshall.

College Board officials counter that based on extensive field tests， they are confident the test is as reliable a predictor of freshman-year performance as the old SAT. Moreover， they say， well-trained scorers， many of them high school English teachers， will grade the essays， which student have 25 minutes to write.

Amidst all the confusion， what should students do? Admissions deans and school counselors say to be sure to check with each college for requirements.

41. If a student took the SAT in October last year， he has to take another test if he applies for ________.

A. University of Virginia

B. Georgetown University

C. the University of Central Florida

D. Harvard University

42. What does the article tell us about Harvard University?

A. It will only accept the new SAT this fall.

B. It has not made a decision on whether to accept the old SAT this fall.

C. It will require scores from the writing section this fall.

D. It will ask all applicants to take the new test a year later.

43. An important reason for negative attitudes towards the new writing examination is that ________.

A. the examination will add to the difficulty for those students from financially underprivileged families

B. the examination was marketed much too quickly without careful consideration

C. the examination will cause short-term confusion and lead to no long-term benefits

D. the examination was a product of the College Board and various universities

44. According to the author， what should students do at the moment?

A. Students should make clear which test is acceptable.

B. Students should contact the university for the arrangement of the test.

C. Students should ask the College Board for the latest information about the program.

D. Students should get prepared for the new examination in less that a year.

45. What can we infer from the passage about the test?

A. Students who have taken the old test are strongly advised not to take the new test.

B. As compared with the old test， the new one requires the student to write an essay in a shorter period of time.

C. The College Board has decided to invite university teachers to grade the essays.

D. The College Board has appealed to many universities to support the new examination.

第二節 信息匹配（共5小題；每小題2分，滿分10分）

請閱讀下列應用文及相關信息，并按照要求匹配信息。請填寫在答題卡標號為46~50的相應位置上。

首先，請閱讀下列有關網站的信息：

請閱讀下列有關人物的信息，然后匹配上述信息：

46. Miss Wang is now working in a joint venture (合資企業) as a business woman. Her major work is to contact the foreign businessmen through emails， calls and letters. She has no trouble communicating with the English-speaking people face to face. However， when it comes to business writing， she is not sure about the grammar and the form.

47. Mr. Zhang taught himself English. Three months ago， when he was required to work as a sales representative (代表) in Britain， he had trouble in communicating with his English customers. The problem is with his pronunciation and intonation (語調). He wants to find some websites offering spoken English teaching with correct pronunciation and ideal sound effects.

48. Ms. Wilson is now teaching English in China. She has found that the major problem with her students' reading comprehension lies with their limited vocabulary. However， memorizing a list of 10-20 new words every day is a boring task for the students. She wants to find some games from the Internet， so that her students may have interest in learning and using the words.

49. Li Yue is not interested in reciting English texts. He says it is boring. He is more interested in practicing his newly learned English expressions in classroom activities. But when he is at home on holiday， he has no one to talk to in English. His mother suggests him looking for interactive (交互) websites from the Internet.

50. Zhang Ming is going for his undergraduate study in America. His friend has rented a room for him from and old American couple. This is his first time to go abroad and stay with the natives. To get along well with them， Zhang Ming is eager to learn English idioms and everyday topics. So， he searches the Internet for some useful websites.

第三部分寫作（共兩節，滿分40分）

第一節 基礎寫作（滿分15分）

為了加強學生們保護野生動物的意識，我校專門組織學生赴中國西南地區對大熊貓的現狀作了調查。請你根據以下內容寫一份調查報告。

【寫作內容】

【參考詞匯】對……進行調查 conduct / makea survey of

現狀living condition 棲息地 habitat

呼吁：appeal to sb to do...

【寫作要求】

只能使用5個句子表達全部內容

【評分標準】

句子結構準確，信息內容完整，篇章結構連貫。

第二節 讀寫任務（滿分25分）

閱讀下面的短文，然后按照要求寫一篇150詞左右的英語短文。

I think the awareness of the parents in China on the importance of education is growing. More and more parents will try really hard to get the best possible education they can get for their children. So， it is important that what the government offers for education is as good as it can get.

And there has been a lot of changes in thinking， in education， in the last 20 years on how it should be approached， what is the best way of learning.

Society is changing very quickly. None of us can stop learning when we leave school. So， we must create life-long learners. We ourselves must be life-long learners. But we must make sure that our students understand that they will never stop learning.

They also must become independent learners， because， at some point， no one tells them; they must do their homework. They have to do this on their own. So， that makes them become independent. It makes them responsible for their own learning. It also means that once you get them to understand this， that is the classroom.

It is not just the teacher giving and giving and the students sitting back and taking it in. The students have to participate and play an active role. But to give the students the feeling that they are active， they should be active both in and out of the classroom.

And students need to have international understanding， which can not be fully got in the classroom. For example， they cannot learn about Iran or about Canada， because it is just words on paper or even words on a screen or pictures on a computer.

【寫作內容】

1. 用大約30個詞概括短文中作者對學生的希望；

2. 用大約120個詞敘述你對主動學習、自主學習、終身學習的看法和做法。

【寫作要求】

1. 作文中可使用自己的親身經歷或虛構的故事，也可以參照閱讀材料的內容但不得直接引用原文中的句子。

2. 題目自擬。

3. 作文中不能出現真實姓名和學校名稱。

【評分標準】

概括準確，語言規范，內容合適，篇章連貫。

高考英語模擬試題參考答案

第一部分語言知識及應用 (共兩節，滿分45分)

第一節 完形填空（共15小題；每小題2分，滿分30分）

1-5ACBDB 6-10CAABD 11-15DCBAC

第二節 語法填空（共10小題；每小題1.5分，滿分15分）

16. healthily 17. where18. eating 19 . .grows 20. an 21. enable 22. others’23. be sent 24. under25. various

第二部分閱讀 (共兩節，滿分50分)

第一節 閱讀理解（共20小題；每小題2分，滿分40分）

26-30ABBCD31-35DCBBD 36-40BCDBB 41-45CDBAD

第二節 信息匹配（共5小題；每小題2分，滿分10分）

46-50DEFBC

第三部分寫作 (共兩節，滿分40分)

第一節 基礎寫作（滿分15分）

Possible version:

In order to study how giant pandas is being affected by the damage of the environment， this summer vocation a group of students from our school were sent to conduct a survey on giant pandas’living conditions in the Southwestern China. The results show that the area of their habit in the mountainous area is becoming less and less and as a result sixty percent of giant pandas have become homeless for lack of food. We are now appealing to our fellow students to be greatly concerned about wildlife protection and pay careful attention to the relevant rules of wildlife protection. We are to try our best to stop damaging the environment. What’s more， our government must take strong measures to protect endangered wildlife.

第二節 讀寫任務（滿分25分）

Possible version:

The Best Way of Learning

In this passage the author hopes all students will become active， independent and life-long learners. In the process of learning， they should try every means to get a better understanding of the world.

There is no doubt that we students should be active and independent in learning. In class， the relationship between teachers and students is interactive， which requires students to participate actively. And after class， being independent in learning is helpful in strengthening what we’ve learned and gain what can’t be learned in class. Besides， we must keeplearning even if we’ve left school. It is never too old to learn. Only if we become life-long learners can we catch up with the pace of the rapid development of society.

In my opinion， we can make full use of the resources around us， such as the Internet and some learning materials. Together with the help of our teachers， I believe all of us can find the best way of learning and become active， independent and life-long learners.

(作者單位：廣州執信中學)

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