桂城中学高三英语综合测试题

出题人:冼俊艳 审题人: 刘甜甜

Ⅰ语言知识及应用（共两节，满分45分）

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1~15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。

Advertising is about creating images, and this is especially true when advertising food and drinks. What the 1 looks like is more important than what it tastes like. If companies hope to sell food successfully, the food must 2 appetizing.

Television advertising of food often uses 3 . Apparently, food looks especially appetizing if it moves. Chocolate sauce looks much more 4 when you see it being poured over ice cream than it does just sitting in a jar.

5 effects also help to sell food: sausages sizzling(咝咝响) in a frying pan are mouth-watering. A TV 6 for a brand of coffee had the sound of coffee percolating(过滤) in the background. The commercial was so 7 that it lasted five years.

The 8 of food and its packaging is also very important. If the color looks 9 , people won’t eat it. Nobody would normally eat blue bread or drink blue beer. Other 10 food colors are purple, gray, and in some cases, white.

How people expect something to taste often influences how it 11 does taste. Researchers gave some mineral water to two groups of people. They told one group that the water was mineral water, and almost all people said, “It tastes 12 .”Then the researchers told the other group that the water was tap water. This group said the water tasted a little funny. The word tap created a(n) 13 image of chlorine(氯).

It is the same with 14 . A food manufacturer gave a group of people the same 15 in a glass jar and in a can and asked them to taste it. They all claimed that the product in the glass jar tasted better.

So it seems to be true. Image is everything.

1. A. company B. food C. image D. milk

2. A. look B. taste C. sound D. smell

3. A. sound B. sense C. movement D. imagination

4. A. beautiful B. natural C. clean D. delicious

5. A. Action B. Television C. Music D. Sound

6. A. advertisement B. program C. show D. speech

7. A. noisy B. expensive C. successful D. long

8. A. price B. name C. brand D. color

9. A. right B. great C. interesting D. wrong

10. A. unknown B. unpopular C. practical D. famous

11. A. actually B. especially C. elegantly D. seriously

12. A. strange B. funny C. good D. salty

13. A. perfect B. unusual C. unpleasant D. unbelievable

14. A. advertising B. packaging C. producing D. tasting

15. A. product B. water C. meat D. coffee

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。

It was dust. I was walking alone through the mountains of Greece 16 I came across six large wolves that were feeding on the body of a dead animal. I had heard many stories about wolves 17 a child and I feared this animal more than any other.

As I approached, the wolves 18 （leave）the body and started walking towards me, one after another. They stopped about 20 meters 19 me and stared. The animals looked 20 (terrify), but I knew I could not show them my fear. As I drew 21 (near), the lead wolf raised its head once more, but this time let out a loud howl. 22 awful cry rang out across the silent valley. I was almost certain it signaled 23 (die). Though extremely scared, I knew my only hope was to show my courage. I walked past the line of wolves, like a general 24 was moving among his soildiers. They howled out again. But when they saw that their war-cry did not cause me to change 25 direction or make me run, they feared to come after me; so they let me pass and returned to the dead animal.

Ⅱ阅读（共两节，满分50分）

阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）

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Susan was born as the ninth child in a Catholic family. She suffered from learning disabilities ever since her birth because of her mother’s poor health.

School was difficult for Susan and she was teased because of her different behaviors. Her siblings(兄弟姐妹), who were much older, had life experiences that were unknown to their little sister. From the time of her birth, Susan was a screamer. The only really safe place that she would use as a repeat was her bedroom. There she would hang posters of her musical idols on the wall and sing popular music into a hairbrush that she pretended was a microphone.

One by one the siblings moved away from home and then Susan’s father died. This left her alone with an aging mother and a cat. The siblings accused her mother of not expecting more out of Susan. She had seen many professionals and remembered hearing the word “borderline” but didn’t know what it meant. She tried volunteer work. Her best state of mind, however, was found when she was singing and so she would regularly join others in karaoke or pubs where she could show her skills and receive appreciation from the crowd.

When Susan announced at Christmas that she was planning to compete in the Britain’s Got Talent contest, her siblings tried to discourage her. It was a wonder that she was even able to do the audition considering the troubles she faced just physically getting to the right place.

“The Woman I Was Born to Be” is a beautiful story written in the simple but humorous voice of the author, Susan Boyle. She tells her story from birth to the present in an interesting and educational manner. The writing is supplemented(补充) by photos from her albums.

I love this book! In fact, I read the whole thing in one day!

There is something in the stories that not only teaches the reader but also inspires us to reach for our dreams — no matter how impossible they may seem to be!

26. This passage should be ___________.

A. a news report B. a biography

C. a book review D. an introduction

27. When Susan was young, ____________.

A. her mother died of an illness B. her siblings liked her very much

C. she was fond of music D. she was envied at school

28. According to the passage, which was NOT true?

A. Susan’s mother expected too much out of her.

B. Susan tried doing a lot of volunteer work.

C. Susan’s siblings tried to stop her from competing in the Britain’s Got Talent contest.

D. Susan’s performances were well received by the customers in pubs.

29. The book “The Woman I Was Born to Be” ______________.

A. is always a best-seller B. is written in a serious voice

C. is full of sad stories D. contains some photos of Susan

30. What does the author think of Susan Boyle？

A. Pitiful and selfless. B. Shy and passive.

C. Great and generous. D. Determined and inspiring.

B

Can you imagine living without cars, computers or telephones? Some people in the rain forest and mountains of Venezuela and Brazil do just that. One tribe (部落), the Yanomami, has lived the same way for thousands of years. They only have numbers for one, two and more than two, and they have never invented the wheel. But they have also been called some of “the last free people on earth.”

In the late 1920s, researchers found a tribe of people untouched by modern society. This was the first reported meeting with the Yanomami, who were living deep within the South American jungle.

Scientists agree that their location deep in the forest helped their culture unchanged. Until recently, most Yanomami still lived in isolated regions. Everything they needed came from the rain forest. They hunted, fished and farmed the land. Then a discovery brought the outside world to them. And along with it came deadly changes.

Gold was discovered in Yanomami in the 1970s. By 1987, around 80,000 miners had moved into the area. In a fight to take over the land, they killed some Yanomami. They also brought into new sicknesses, including the common cold and malaria. Today over 62 percent of Yanomami show signs of malaria.

Just as deadly were the results of mining, including polluted streams and cleared forests. Within just seven years their population fell by 20 percent.

Today governments and international organizations are looking for ways to protect the Yanomami. The Brazilian government has reserved a large area of land for the tribe. And in 1990, Brazil ordered all the miners out of Amazon region. Yet these things might not be enough. Gold is so valuable that miners keep going back and harming the Yanomami’s way of life.

31. When was the existence of the Yanomami first discovered ?

A. In the 1970s. B. In the late 1920s. C. In 1987. D. In 1990.

32. What does the underlined word “it” mean in Para 3?

A. The discovery of gold. B. Researchers’ discovery in the 1920s.

C. The coming of the outside world. D. The rain forest.

33. Which of the following statements is true?

A. The Yanomami is the only remaining “untouched” people on earth.

B. Most Yanomami know the exact meaning of the number 8.

C. The Yanomami learned to use wheels long before.

D. Before miners arrived, the Yanomami had never suffered from malaria.

34. Which may NOT be a reason for the decrease of the Yanomami’s population?

A. They starved to death.

B. They were killed in the fight.

C. Their living environment was destroyed.

D. They were killed by the new illnesses brought by miners.

35. What can be inferred from the passage?

A. The discovery of gold is beneficial to the Yanomami.

B. Gold mining made no difference to the Yanomami.

C. Miners are a great threat to the protection of the Yanomami.

D. Nowadays no miners remain in Amazon Region.

C

Should people who study science and business pay less for college than people who focus on art and history? That may soon be the case at Florida’s state universities.

In tough economic times, Florida governor Rick Scott wants to lead college students toward careers that will pay off after graduation. There are more jobs available in Florida in the fields of business, engineering, healthcare, science and technology. So why not encourage students t