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肇庆市中小学教学质量评估

2016届高中毕业班第二次统一检测题

英 语

本试卷共8页，卷面满分120分．考试用时120分钟.

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第一部分 阅读理解 （共两节，满分40分）

（共15小题;每小题2分，满分30分）

阅读下面短文，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

Three Japanese tourists taking a holiday in Australia got stuck when their GPS told them they could drive from the mainland to an island, failing to mention the 15 kilometres of water and mud in between.

As they drove their hired car from Moreton Bay to nearby North Stradbroke Island, they started to notice the firm surface they were driving on giving way to the well-known bay mud. However, being confident that their GPS would direct them to a road soon, they decided to drive on, managing to travel around 500 metres before their car was up to its tires in mud. To make matters worse, the tide(潮汐) started to come in and soon forced them to seek help and abandon the vehicle. Just four hours later the car was trapped in?two metres of water -- to the great amusement of onlookers on the shore and passengers on passing boats and ferries.

Yuzu Noda, 21, said she was listening to the GPS and “it told us we could drive down there. It kept saying it would navigate(导航) us to a road. But we got stuck…there’s lots of mud.”She and her travel companions Tomonari Saeki, 22, and Keita Osada, 21, instead had to give up their plans for a day trip to the island and headed back to the Gold Coast of a lift from the RACQ tow truck(吊拖车) driver who was called to the trapped car. No such luck for the hired car though--after assessing the situation, no attempt was made to recover it. The students from Tokyo, who are due to return home tomorrow, said the experience would not put them off returning to Australia for another visit. Mr. Tomonari said, “It has rained every day on our six day holiday. Hopefully next time we come back, it will be sunny.”?

The car was covered by insurance, but the tourists will have to pay up to about $1500 in extra charges.

1. The three Japanese tourists got stuck because___________.

A. there was no way to the island B. their GPS was broken during their journey

C. their GPS had given the wrong information D. their car was not made in Japan

2. They didn’t abandon their car until?_________.

A. some onlookers went to save them B. they got stuck in the mud

C. there came the tide?? D. they managed to travel around 500 metres

3. How did these Japanese students get back?

A. They had to walk back to their living place.

B. They had to take a lift from the tow truck driver.

C. They had to repair their GPS and drove back.

D. They had to turn to passengers on boats and ferries.

B

People joke that the so-called travel is to leave one's familiar places and visit others' familiar places, which refers to the phenomenon of taking travel as sightseeing in different places. In fact, going travel does not simply mean pursuing fashion or widening vision. It is a kind of social experience and dynamic learning. Furthermore, it is a process of expanding cognition(认知) and understanding society and life, and especially has advantages and charm in increasing knowledge and widening vision.

The ancient people not only mentioned "traveling a thousand miles" and "reading a thousand books" together but also regarded them as the necessary course of perfecting personality and making progress. Going travel can widen the life path and give it new social meanings and spirits of the time, making it socialized, popular, industrialized and fashionable.

Under these circumstances, special efforts should be made to bring culture back to tourism and have culture conveyed in tourism. By doing so, the soul of tourism will be helpful for people to learn and think. In this way, tourists can combine relaxations and joys with learning and thinking, and improve their minds while visiting historic relics.

Once tourism departs from culture, it will be stuck in vulgarity(庸俗) and shallowness, and make it difficult to develop tourism. Some tourist cities and spots are so commercialized that people are put in no mood for the enjoyment of cultural and historic flavors of ancient buildings. Furthermore, in some places, historic and natural relics are decreasing, while more and more artificial scenes and antiques (古董) block the view of real scenes and mislead people with false information and historic relics.

Culture is the core of tourism. Taking back the culture as the soul provides the right way for the development of tourism, and the build-up of spiritual home and social civilization.

4. According to the passage, ____ doesn't belong to the benefits of travel.

A. gaining social experience B. increasing knowledge

C. widening vision D. making profits

5. The ancient people mentioned "traveling a thousand miles" and "reading a thousand books" together meaning that____________ .

A. travel means more than going sightseeing B. travel is as important as reading

C. reading books is helpful for travel D. reading books can take the place of travel

6. In order to improve tourism, tourist spots should ____________.

A. make more artificial scenes to attract tourists B. put more money into tourism

C. bring culture back to tourism D. rebuild the historic relics

7. What's the best title of the passage?

A. Tourism Developed Quickly Nowadays B. Culture Is the Core of Tourism

C. Tourism Is Changing Its Style D. We Can't Make Profits from Tourism

C

My name is Laura. At the age of 35, I decided to work on the plane against the will of my children. After my first plane ride at the age of five, I felt so excited that I had a dream of earning my wings on the plane. I didn’t earn much, but I loved my job.

We were flying from Los Angeles to Washington, D.C, when I answered a call. Then I went to the cabin (客舱), I found a young mother struggling with her baby son.

She told me that she had no more diapers (尿布). With the saddest eyes I have ever seen, she continued. She said she had two babies, but she could no longer support two of them. She was taking her son to a family in New Hampshire.

As she stood in front of me, crying, I could see the hopelessness on her face. I went away and got some diapers from the other mothers, and gave her a sweater of mine. After the woman and her son had changed their clothes, I sat with her, holding her hand, trying to provide some support and comfort. I could feel her pain and her love for her baby son. During that time, I kept thinking of my children who were waiting for me in New York.

Once we landed, I walked with them to their next flight, which would take them to their final destination. The woman thanked me a lot, and I replied, “Thank you, too.” At this moment, I couldn’t wait to return home to see my children.

8. What can we learn about Laura from the first paragraph?

A. She wanted to live an exciting life. B. It was her dream to fly in the sky.

C. Her children agreed with her decision. D. She liked her new job because of its high pay.

9. Laura’s job on the plane was to ____.

A. help the pilot manage the airplane B. help the passengers when they were in trouble

C. help the passengers adventure by plane D. ensure the safety of the airplane

10. Which was the mother and son’s final destination?

A. New York. B. Los Angeles.

C. New Hampshire. D. Washington, D.C.

11. Why did the author thank the young woman?

A. She made the author see the importance of her work.

B. She provided support and comfort for the author.

C. She had helped a lot when the author was in trouble.

D. She made the author realize the importance of a mother’s love for the children.

D

In New York, Ma Yun witnessed the Alibaba Group opening on the New York stock exchange with the largest initial public offering (IPO，新股发行) in American history.“Alibaba, the world’s largest Internet commerce company makes China equal to the US in the rapidly increasing global competition for technological innovation (创新) and economic transformation”commented the South China Morning Post.

It has also made Ma China’s richest man with a fortune of around $25 billion (153 billion yuan), reported Reuters.

It’s reported that Ma’s rags-to-riches journey is just as spectacular as his Internet Empire. Ma failed the national college entrance exams twice before he was finally in Hangzhou Normal University on his third attempt and failed in finding a suitable job several times. Also, Mr Ma is a big believer in perseverance, which was proved in his English study experience.

However, it was his vision and goals that launched his career.

During a short trip to the US as an interpreter in 1995, Ma first experienced the Internet. He believed in the Internet’s business potential when few other Chinese people did. He started Alibaba in his Hangzhou apartment, with 17 friends and $60,000 of funds. At the time, when e-commerce was unheard of in China, “I called myself a blind man riding on the back of blind tigers,” he once said, according to The Guardian. His unusual ideas earned him the nickname “Crazy Jack Ma”.

Indeed, Ma is different. Although he is very thin and about 160cm tall, “Ma is yet animated and forceful,” said The Guardian. “He is funny, creative, and a compelling (引人注目的) speaker.

Ma told Time magazine that he was“old for the Internet”. He started to slow down and looked around. According to The Wall Street Journal, Ma “plans to open a tai chi club with the actor Jet Li, build an entrepreneur(企业家) university in Hangzhou an