2015年汕头市普通高考第一次模拟考试试题英语

本试卷共三大部分，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姓名和考生号分别填写在答题卡上，用2B铅笔将试卷类型(A)填涂在答题卡上，并在答题卡右上角的“试室号”和“座位号”栏填写试室号、座位号，将相应的试室号、座位号信息点涂黑．

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，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，答题前必须先填好答题纸的密封线内各项内容。答案必须写在答题纸上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、答题纸的整洁，考试结束后，将试卷和答题卡、答题纸一并交回。

第一部分 英语知识应用(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，从短文后所给各题的四个选项(A、B、C、D)中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

Recently, I was told that managing is mostly common sense．Though I agree with this 1 in general，it leads me to a few very 2 conclusions．

In the IT field，entry level jobs are technical．As an engineer's career 3 , they become much more technical，with more responsibilities，and hopefully higher pay． 4 ，some of these engineers are promoted to 5 ，which is very non-technical．As mentioned above, these management jobs are more common sense by mostly 6 and evaluating daily tasks．

The surprising reality is that most managers didn't go into the IT field to do management work. These managers were never properly 7 and maybe not even interested in playing such a role. 8 ，engineers have a tendency to be more unsociable, which perhaps will have a negative influence on the relationship between other staff and them．While this may be good for a(n) 9 , it can be very bad for a manager with staff 10 to them．As a result，engineers 11 to managers are more likely to be bad managers．

Therefore，from my point of view, young people who 12 want to become engineers really need to 13 if you'd like to be in management．The only 14 of being a manager over an engineer is the higher salary while the disadvantage is that managers will lose their 15 edge(优势)．

1． A．decision B．subject C．idea D．discussion

2． A．popular B．amazing C．annoying D．disappointing

3． A．exists B．appears C．decreases D．grows

4． A．Eventually B．Successfully C．Systematically D．Temporarily

5． A．position B．research C．satisfaction D．management

6． A．assigning B．accomplishing C．conducting D．taking

7． A．required B．informed C．reminded D．trained

8． A．In fact B．In addition C．In all D．In general

9． A．engineer B．manager C．employer D．worker

10．A．speaking B．talking C．reporting D．whispering

11．A．introduced B．turned C．commanded D．forced

12．A．constantly B．necessarily C．originally D．merrily

13．A．reconsider B．apply C．desire D．struggle

14．A．condition B．quality C．power D．advantage

15．A．social B．technical C．political D．physical

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者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。

It’s said that a giant rock was located in the North Sea but once many boats and ships 16 (strike) it and sank．

About a century years ago，a kind and imaginative minister came up with an idea to have a buoy (浮标) 17 (fasten) to the rock．On the top of the buoy 18 (place) a bell， 19 would ring whenever any ships got closer．When hearing the bell ringing，sailors knew where the rock was and stayed safe．One day, a sea robber Rover happened to sail not far away from the rock．

Seeing 20 buoy floating in the water，he decided to play a trick．Soon his crew broke the chain that held the buoy, let the bell go into the water and then sailed away．In the following weeks，they robbed many 21 ships around the seas and filled the ship with a great 22 （vary) of treasures．Unfortunately, when returning，they themselves had no idea how to get away from the terrible rock 23 the ring．The ship was moving swiftly in the dark 24 there was a great crash． 25 was the very rock and the ship began to sink．

第二部分 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)

阅读下列四篇短文，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

It was Thanksgiving morning．1 was busy preparing the traditional Thanksgiving turkey when the doorbell rang．I opened the front door and saw two small children in rags huddling together on the top step．

“Any old papers，lady?”asked one of them．

I was busy．1 wanted to say“no”until I looked down at their feet．They were wearing thin little sandals (凉鞋)，wet with heavy snow．

“Come in and I … I make you a cup of hot cocoa．”

They walked over and sat down at the table．Their wet sandals left marks upon the floor．I served them cocoa and bread to fight against the cold outside．Then I went back to the kitchen and started cooking．

The silence in the front room struck me．I looked in．The girl held the empty cup in her hands, looking at it．The boy asked in a flat voice．“Lady, are you rich? ”

“Am I rich? Pity, not!”

I looked at my worn—out slipcovers (椅套)．The girl put her cup back in its saucer (茶碟) carefully and said，“Your cups match your saucers．”They left after that，holding their papers against the wind．They had reminded me that I had so much for which to be grateful．

Plain blue china cups and saucers were only worth five pence．But they matched．

I tasted the potatoes and stirred(搅动)the meat soup．Potatoes and brown meat soup, a roof over our heads，my man with a regular{ob，these matched，too．

I moved the chairs back from the fire and cleaned the living room．The muddy marks of little sandals were still wet upon my floor．Let them be for a while，I thought，just in case I should begin to forget how rich I am．

26．The writer let the two children come in and served them well because __________.

A．she wanted to sell old papers to them

B．she wanted to invite them to her Thanksgiving party

C．she showed great pity and care on them

D．she wanted them to help her prepare turkey

27．The writer had thought she wasn't rich because________．

A．she ate potatoes and meat soup

B．her family life supplies were not expensive．

C．her cups and saucers were only worth 5 pence

D．her husband had a regular job

28．The writer left the muddy marks of little sandals on the floor for a while to __________.

A．show that she was a kind-hearted 1ady

B．remind her that she shouldn’t forget how rich she was

C．1eave room for readers to think about what being rich is

D．prove that she was grateful to what she had owned

29．Which of the following would be the best title for the text?

A．Lady, Are you Rich?

B．Child，Do you Like Thanksgiving Day?

C．Don’t Forget How Rich you Are!

D．How Cups and Saucers Match 1

30．Which word best describes the writer?

A．Sympathetic B．Selfless C．Strong-minded D．Generous

B

Lord Byron is one of the most excellent representatives of English Romanticism (浪漫主义) and one of the most influential poets of the time，His best known works are Childe Harolds Pilgrimage and Don Juan．

Byron’s fame lies not only in his writings，but also in his life．He was described by Lady Caroline Lamb as“mad，bad，and dangerous to know”．

Born on January22，1788，Byron spent his early years in Aberdeen，and was educated at Harrow School and Cambridge University．In 1809，he left for a two-year tour of a number of Mediterranean countries．He returned to England in 1 811，and in 1812 the first two cantos (篇)of Childe Harolds Pilffrimoge were published．Byron became famous overnight．

In 1 8 1 5．Byron married Annabella Milbanke，with whom he had a daughter．The couple separated in 1816．Facing the pressure of his failed marriage and huge debts，Byron left England in April 1816 and never returned．He spent the summer of l 8 1 6 at Lake Geneva with Percy Bysshe Shelley．

Byron traveled to Italy, where he was to 1ive for more than six),ears．It was in this period that Byron wrote some of his most famous works，including Don Juan．On April 19，1824，he died from fever at Missolonghi in Greece．His death was mourned throughout Britain．His body was brought back to England and buried at his hometown in Nottinghamshire．

Byron influenced many authors and artists of the Romantic Movement during the 19th century．

31．What did the author intended to tell us in the second paragraph?

A．Byron was mentally ill． B．Byron was famous for his writings．

C．Lady Caroline Lamb was lying D．Byron had terrible private life．

32．Byron wrote some of his most famous works in _____________.

A．Aberdeen B. Italy C．England D．Greece

33．Which of the following statements is true?

A．Byron became famous when he was 24 years old．

B．Byron lived in Italy for less than 6 years．

C．Byron left his mother country to seek for inspiration．

D．Byron spent most of his childhood abroad．

34．The passage is mainly about _____________.

A. Byron’s achievements in poets B．Byron’s influence on English Romanticism

C．Byron’s life story and his works D．Byron’s life in foreign countries

35．We can infer from the passage that _____________.

A．Byron was the most famous influential poet in his time

B．The English people loved Byron very much

C．Byron lived a poor life during his childhood

D．Byron suffered from huge debts after he got married

C

Fall is a time when career regrets become stronger than during the relaxing summer months．New jobs appear on job boards，and many colleagues and friends move on to new careers or go off to graduate sch001．If you aren’t moving with them，you can become vulnerable (脆弱的) to “should have”thinking．

The“should haves”are hard to turn off. “I should have gotten that promotion” “I should have never chosen Public Relations.” These “should haves” eat at you，particularly if you are comparing your careers to the careers of others．

Thinking a lot about what you should have done is especially destructive because it carries a feeling of futility(徒劳)．Once that happens，anger and hate build up，and you quit trying．This is painfully obvious to others—you won’t get the best assignments and honestly，people avoid those who have bad attitudes．Instead of being upset about the negative，you have to change your thinking altogether．

The right approach is to replace the“should haves’’with“what ifs”．Evelyn’s family persuaded her to go into accounting(会计)，but af