试卷类型：A

湛江市2013年普通高考测试（二）

英 语

本试卷共8页，三大题，满分135分。答卷时间为120分钟。

注意事项：

1、答卷前，考生务必用黑色字迹的钢笔或签字笔将自己的姓名和考生号、试室号、座位号填 写在答题卡上。用2B铅笔将试卷类型（A)填涂在答题卡相应位置上。将条形码横贴在答 题卡右上角“条形码粘贴处”。

2、选择题每小题选出答案后，用2B铅笔把答题卡上对应题目选项的答案信息点涂黑，如需 改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其它答案，答案不能答在试卷上。

3、非选择题必须用黑色字迹钢笔或签字笔作答，答案必须写在答题卡各题目指定区域内相应 位置上；如需改动，先划掉原来的答案，然后再写上新的答案；不准使用铅笔和涂改液。 不按以上要求作答的答案无效。

4、考生必须保持答题卡的整洁。考试结束后，将试卷和答题卡一并交回。

I.语言知识及应用（共两节，满分45分）

第一节：完形填空（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从15各题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选 项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

Like many of my generation, I have a weakness for hero worship. At some point, however, we all begin to 1_____ our heroes and our need for them. This leads us to ask: What is a hero?

Despite huge 2_____ in cultures, heroes around the world 3 share a number of similar characteristics that instruct and 4 people.

A hero does something worth talking about. A hero has a story of adventure to tell and a community who will 5_____ But a hero goes beyond mere fame.

Heroes serve powers or principles 6_____ than themselves. Like high-voltage transformers, heroes take the energy of higher powers and step it down so that it can be used by 7 _____.

The hero lives a life worthy of imitation. Those who 8_____ a real hero will experience life with new depth, enthusiasm, and meaning. A sure test for would-be heroes is what or whom do they serve? What are they 9_____ to live and die for? If the answer or evidence suggests they serve only their own fame, they may be 10_____ persons but not heroes. Madonna and Michael Jackson are

famous, but who would claim that their fans find life more 11_____?

Heroes can make things change 12_____ .They have a 13_____ from the mountaintop. They have the skill and the charm to move the masses. They 14_____ new possibilities. It may be possible for large-scale change to occur without leaders with attractive personalities, but the pace of change would be 15_____ and the vision uncertain.

1. A. laugh

B. question

C. ask

D. think



2. A. difference ddddididiA.differences ddididifferences

B. similarities sikkkdddddssasisimsisimilarities

C. changes

D. suggestions



4. A. frighten

B. surprise

C. damage

D. inspire



5. A. listen

B. enjoy

C. ignore

D. hate



6. A. poorer

B. smaller

C. larger

D lower



7. A. parents

B. children

C. neighbors

D. ordinaries



8. A. imitate

B. dislike

C. think

D. select



9. A. bored

B. willing

C. hopeless

D. doubtful



10. A. admiring

B. selfish

C. famous

D. careless



11. A. dreadful

B. meaningful

C. useful

D. thankful



12. A. luckily

B. beautifully

C. quickly

D. awfully



13. A. vision

B. stand

C. step

D. climb



14. A. recover

B. create

C. instruct

D. lighten



15. A. certain

B. stable

C. weak

D. slow





第二节：语法填空（共10小题，每小题1.5分，满分15分）

阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入一个适当的 词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空，并将答案填写在答题卡标号为16—25的相应位置上。

Nowadays employees are supposed to make contributions to their companies. What is the 16_____(value) contribution employees make to their companies, knowledge or judgment? I say judgment. Knowledge, no matter how broad, is useless 17_____ it is applied. And application takes judgment, 18_____ involves something of a sixth sense—a high performance of the mind.

This raises interesting questions about the best 19 _____ (train) for today’s business people. As Daniel Goleman suggests in 20_____ new book, Emotional Intelligence, the latest scientific findings seem to indicate that clever 21_____ inflexible people don’t have the right stuff in an age when the suitable ability is the key 22_____ survival.

In 23_____ recent cover story, Time Magazine sorted through the current thinking on intelligence and reported, “New brain research suggests that emotions, not IQ, may be the true measure of human intelligence.” The basic significance of the emotional intelligence that Time called “EQ” 24_____ (suggest) by management expert Karen Boylston: “Customers are telling businesses, ‘I don’t care whether every member of your staff graduated from Harvard. I will take my business and go 25_____ I am understood and treated with respect.，”

II. 阅读理解（共两节，满分50分）

第一节：阅读理解（共20小题；每题2分，满分40分）

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项，并在答题 卡上将该项涂黑。

A

The baby elephant Ishanga was lying in the bushes, scared, starving, and struggling to breathe. Until just a few days before, she had been with her mother, walking through the sweeping grasslands of Tsavo National Park in the African country of Kenya.

The baby’s mother was killed, most likely by a poacher. On Wednesday, November 17，2010， an anti-poaching team was removing the deadly wire traps that poachers set throughout the park. Luckily, a member of the team spotted the baby and rushed to help her.

Suddenly, a lion sprang from the bushes and clamped its mouth around her neck. One person managed to pull out his gun and fire shots in the air. The shocked lion released the baby and backed away.

Now the weakened baby had a grave wound on her neck. About 300 miles north of Tsavo is a place that helps baby elephants. Over the years, the orphanage(孤儿院）has raised 130 elephants and successfully released them back into the wild.

After a tense wait and a plane ride, the baby’s rescuers made it to the orphanage. The medical staff worked frantically to treat her wound. She was scared and wild. She screamed, and wouldn’t let any humans get near her, refusing to eat or drink.

After two hours of intense medical care, Ishanga awoke and slowly struggled to her feet. Two keepers and a veterinarian had been with her all night. They were relieved that she seemed to be recovering.

The next day, though Ishanga remained weak, her keepers introduced her to some of the other 14 young elephants living at the orphanage. The keepers stood back as the other elephants extended their trunk in friendly greetings. The older elephants led Ishanga around, giving her a tour of her new home.

Over the past year, Ishanga’s wounds have healed. She has made many friends. It’ll be up to Ishanga to decide when she’s ready to leave the orphanage. Returning to the wild is a long process that can take more than 10 years. For now, she is in no rush to leave this extraordinary community of elephants and humans. Ishanga has a long, happy life ahead of her.

26. The underlined word “poacher” in paragraph 2 probably means_____.

A. someone who hunts illegally B. someone who protects wild animals

C. someone who is an elephant keeper D. someone who works in the park

27. When the baby elephant was saved by the team, she was_____.

A. badly ill B. very dangerous C. dead D. badly wounded

28. The baby elephant was sent to _____by plane.

A, hospital B. nature C. the orphanage D. National Park

29. According to the passage, we can know that_____.

A. Ishanga is eager to leave the community after recovering

B. the anti-poaching team shot the lion and saved Ishanga

C. it will probably take Ishanga a long time to return to the nature

D. a year later, Ishanga still didn’t adapt to living in the orphanage

30. The passage is mainly about _____.

A. the rescue of a baby elephant

B. the importance of animal protection

C. a brief introduction to the elephant orphanage

D. a story about poachers and an anti-poaching team

B

Dave Bruno works as an online marketing manager. Several years ago, one weekend Bruno and his family did a major house cleanup and then donated several bags of unneeded items to the local Goodwill store. “After all were done, I looked around and realized that I still had too much stuff”， says Bruno, “It occurred to me that maybe I wanted to lead a simple life but in reality I behaved differently.” That realization prompted the 39-year-old father of three to try an experiment, “The 100 Thing Challenge”.

With the goal of breaking free of what he calls a “bad habit of consumerism，，，Bruno was determined to live for one year with just 100 personal items. He cut down his possessions to 94 items, including a Bible, laptop, guitar, wedding ring, car and clothes. He created some guidelines for the experiment since his wife and daughters did not participate-family-shared and household items did not count as personal items. He also grouped together some basic things such as underwear and socks. Bruno began blogging about his new lifestyle and eventually wrote a book, The 100 Thing Challenge: How I Got Rid of Almost Everything, Remade My Life, and Regained My Soul.

Since completing the experiment, Bruno has continued to live by the motto: reduce, refuse, and rearrange and maintains just 110 personal things. “ Nearly three years of living with a minimal amount of personal possessions, I’m no longer in the habit of consuming for the sake of consumption(消费)，” he wrote in his blog last week, “That has freed me up for all sorts of better endeavors than shopping—like spending time with family and writing a book and planning for business opportunities.”

Bruno’s project has also inspired others to live minimally, many of whom post their own 100 Thing Challenge updates on YouTube. “The reality is that the 100 Thing Challenge is surprisingly easy”，says Bruno, “I’m not saying there were no challenges or disappointments. I miss some things, but not that much. Frankly, it’s far easier to live with less stuff than with excessive trash.”

31. What does the underlined sentence mean in Paragraph 1?

A. Bruno regretted to have an easy life.

B. Bruno had a special behavior in reality,

C. Bruno and his family led a happy life.

D. Bruno would have liked a life with fewer items.

32. The things were included in Bruno’s 94 items EXCEPT _____.

A. socks B. a Bible C. cookers D. a wedding ring

33. It can be inferred in the last paragraph that _____.

A. it is less possible for people to live simply

B. Bruno met some difficulties in the experiment

C. many people were inspired to update their blogs

D. getting rid of the habit of over-consumption is easy

34. What can we learn from the passage?

A, Bruno hasn’t blogged for a long time. B. Unneeded things should be thrown away.

C. Bruno has succeeded in the experiment. D. The family show interest in the experiment.

35. What is the best title for the pas