2013年惠州市高考模拟考试

英语试题

2013.04

本试卷分选择题和非选择题两部分。满分135分，考试用时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市（县）/区、学校、班级、 姓名、准考证号、试室号和座位号填写在答卡的密封线内。

2. 选择题每小题选出答案后，用2B铅笔将答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑；如需 改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其它答案；不能答在试题卷上。

3. 非选择题必须用黑色字迹的钢笔或签字笔作答，答案必须写在另发的答题卷各題 目指定区域内的相应位置上；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4δ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，请将答题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l?l5各题所給的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳 选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑，

It happened to a very young pastor (牧师).His church was very old and what's worse, a storm knocked a hole in the wall of the church.

One day the pastor1_____ an auction(拍卖）and bid a beautiful tablecloth for six dollars. He

carried the cloth back to the church and put it up on the wall. It completely hid the 2_____!

Just before noon of Christmas Eve, the pastor noticed a woman standing in the cold at the bus stop. “The 3 _____won’t be here for 40 minutes!” he called, and he invited her into the church to get 4_____ .She told him that she had come from the city to be interviewed for a job as governess to the children of one wealthy family in town but she had been turned down.

The woman saw the tablecloth and rose suddenly. The pastor smiled and started to tell her about the storm 5_____, but she didn’t seem to 6_____ “It is mine!” she said. “My husband had the cloth made 7_____ for mc !

She explained that she and her husband decided to go separately in the War II. They planned that he would 8_____ her. But she never saw him again. Later she heard that he had died. The pastor tried to 9_____ her, advising her to take the cloth with her. She 10_____ . Then she went away.

On Christmas Eve, after the service in church, one middle-aged man—the local clock-and-watch repairman—looked rather 11_____ .‘‘It is strange，”he said in his soft accent.

“ Many years ago, my wife and I owned such a cloth.

The pastor suddenly became very 12_____ . He told him about the woman who had been in church 13_____ in the day .Together the two got in touch with the 14_____ who had interviewed her. And this man and his wife -who had been separated through so many saddened 15_____were reunited.

1.

A

had

B

attended

C

held

D

took



2.

A

wall

B

church

C

hole

D

table



3.

A

boss

B

company

C

train

D

bus



4.

A

warm

B

ready

C

cool

D

calm



5.

A

damage

B

story

C

fact

D

truth



6.

A

work

B

believe

C

listen

D

understand



7.

A

carefully

B

attentively

C

finally

D

especially



8.

A

join

B

write

C

bring

D

leave



9.

A

amuse

B

comfort

C

please

D

help



10.

A

cried

B

accepted

C

refused

D

continued



11.

A

puzzled

B

delighted

C

determined

D

disappionted



12.

A

sad

B

shocked

C

hopeful

D

excited



13.

A

later

B

earlier

C

warmer

D

colder



14.

A

woman

B

manager

C

husband

D

family



15.

A

weeks

B

countries

C

Christmases

D

centuries



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。

THE 2,298-kiIometer Beijing-Guangzhou High-speed Railway 16_____ (official) opened to passengers on December 26，2012. It is the world’s longest high-speed rail route. The 17_____ (design)speed of the track is 350 km^, though speeds during the initial period of operation will be limited to about 300 km/h. The new route cuts the travel time between Beijing and Guangzhou 18 almost two thirds, from 22 hours to roughly eight hours .On December 1, 2012，not long before the opening of the Beijing-Guangzhou High-speed Railway, the Harbin-Dalian High-speed Railway, 19_____ first high-speed line ever to cross land that lies frozen for almost half a year, began operations, 20_____ allows passengers to appreciate the view off the coast from Dalian in the morning, 21_____ the winter snowscape of frosty Harbin in the afternoon .At present the total 22_____ (long) of high-speed lines in China 23_____(reach)9,349 km. With four main lines 24_____ (run) east-west and four north-south, the country’s high-speed train network is the world’s largest. China plans to expand 25_____ high-speed railway network to 50，000 km by 2020, to cover almost all large and medium-sized cities.

II阅读（共两节，满分50分）

第一节阅读理解(共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将 该项涂黑。

A

A little girl lived in a small, very simple, poor house on a hill and as she grew she would play in the small garden. There, she was able to see over the garden fence and across the valley to a wonderful house high on the hill. This house had golden windows, so golden and shining that the little girl would dream of how magic it would be to grow up and live in a house with golden windows instead of an ordinary house like hers. Although she loved her parents and her family, she yearned to live in such a golden house and dreamed all day about how wonderful and exciting it must feel to live there.

When she got to an age when she gained enough skill and sensibility to go outside her garden fence, she asked her mother if she could go for a bike ride outside the gate and down the lane. After pleading with her, her mother finally allowed her to go, insisting that she should keep close to the house and not wander too far. The day was beautiful and the little girl knew exactly where she was heading! Down the lane and across the valley, she rode her bike until she got to the gate of the golden house across on the other hill.

As she dismounted her bike and leaned it against the gate post, she focused on the path that led to the house and then on the house itself. She was so disappointed as she realized all the windows were plain and rather dirty, reflecting nothing other than the sad neglect of the house that was derelict.

So sad she didn't go any further and turned, and heart broken as she remounted her bike. As she glanced up she saw a sight to amaze her. There across the way on her side of the valley was a little house and its windows glistened golden as the sun shone on her little home.

She realized that she had been living in her golden house and all the love and care she found there was what made her home the 'golden house'. Everything she dreamed was right there in front of her nose!

26. Why did the girl long for the house on the hill?

A. Because there was a small garden. B. Because it’s magic.

C. Because it’s ordinary. D. Because its windows looked golden.

27. Which statement is True according to Paragraph 2 and 3?

A. The girl’s mother finally allowed her to go to the golden house alone.

B. The golden house was on the hill where the girl lived.

C What disappointed the little girl was that the house was locked.

D. Actually , the windows of the golden house were common and covered with dirt.

28. What amazed the girl was that_____

A. Her home was another golden house

B. There was no golden house indeed

C. She could see the golden house only when she looked up

D. The golden house disappeared when the sun shone on it

29. What can be inferred from the passage?

A. The mother thought that she needn’t keep an eye on her daughter.

B. The girl was determined to go to the golden house at the beginning.

C. The girl had no idea where she was heading after leaving home.

D. The girl didn’t love or care for her parents .

30.The passage is intended to tell us that_____.

A. girls often have amazing imagination B. not all dreams will come true

C. what we dream of may be just around us D. nothing is impossible to a willing heart

B

Kilimanjaro Climb : a Rite of Passage for Father and Son

Climbing Kilimanjaro is a transformational experience for many people. The things that make the mountain hard are the very things that make it so powerful. In the case of my son Josh and I，the walk up Kilimanjaro proved a powerful symbol of his transition into manhood, and a great change in our relationship.

Day three on the mountain, Josh was hit with massive headaches. He told me every step felt like a nail driving into his head. And then, on the night we climbed the crater rim, less than 40 minutes from the summit, Josh fell. I was walking ahead, and did not even see it. He was so exhausted that he could not get up. He recalled our guides, debating whether or not they should take him straight down. Josh snapped out of it. He forced himself to his feet, shook the guides off. He set his face towards the peak and just kept marching. Near the summit he caught up with me and we reached the peak together.

“ I’ve never been in so much pain and so happy at the same time，，，he said, as we sat side by side on the frozen rock and looked down over Africa. “You know, in the past when we’d go on camping and rafting trips, you guided and took care of me through it all. But on Kilimanjaro it was different. From the bottom up, I climbed it. I never felt like a kid, even when 1 was in pain. You never acted like a parent.”

“That’s not quite true，”I replied. “When you told me that on the summit you fell-and I did not even notice, my first thought was, ‘Oh my God! I’m such an awful parent!’ But then it hit me, ‘He got himself up. He walked to the peak on his own. He didn't need me to help.，”

I realized as I spoke that two people had died that night on Kilimanjaro. A child and a parent. It was just two friends who walked down the mountain together.

31. What is NOT mentioned in the first paragraph?

A. Kilimanjaro is powerful.

B. Kilimanjaro is hard to climb.

C. Many people, including Josh, have changed after climbing Kilimanjaro.

D. The writer has a distant relationship with his son after climbing Kilimanjaro.

32.From the second paragraph we know that_____

A. Josh had a slight headache.

B. Josh reached the top of the mountain with the help of the guides.

C. Josh overcame various difficulties on his way to the summit.

D. Climbing Kilimanjaro was too hard for such a child as Josh.

33. What does the underlined phrase in the second paragraph mean?

A. cheered up B. gave up C. burst out D. ran out

34. What can be inferred from the talk between the father and the son?

A. Josh felt quite good about his independence.

B. Josh appreciated his parents ，company and care.

C. The father felt guilty all the time.

D. The father should