1、揭阳市 2016 年高中毕业班高考第一次模拟考试英 语本试卷分第卷（选择题）和第卷（非选择题）两部分。满分 120 分。考试时间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在答题卡上填写自己的准考证号、姓名、试室号和座位号。用 2B 型铅笔把答题卡上试室号、座位号对应的信息点涂黑。2选择题每小题选出答案后，用 2B 型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，再选涂其他答案，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，答案必须写在答题卷各题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；不准使用铅笔和
2、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整洁。考试结束后，将试卷和答题卡一并交回。第卷第一部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分 40 分）第一节 （共 15 小题；每小题 2 分，满分 30 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。 AWant to find a job? Now read the following advertisements.FAIRMONT HOTELFive waiters and Ten Waitresses-Aged under 22-At least high school graduate
3、-Good looking; men at least 1.72 meters tall and women 1.65-Those knowing foreign languages preferred-Paid 1600-2200 dollars per monthOne Secretary-Aged under 30-Female preferred-Good at writing and skilled at computerIf interested, call 465-4768 or write to: Mr. Jack Hundris Room 0825, Fairmont Hot
4、el567 Wood Street, San Markers, 78003Fax: 6954828WILSON BOOKSTOREAccountants(会计)-Aged between 25 and 40-With an experience of at least two years-With a degree and an accountant certificate-Paid 3000-4000 dollars monthly-With a knowledge of computerSalesclerks-Basic education of 12 years or more-Good
5、 at computer-Paid 1800-2200 dollars monthlyTel: 447-4398 Fax: 348526921. If you dont know how to use a computer, you can just apply for the position as _ .A. a secretary B. a waiter or a waitress C. an accountant D. a salesclerk22. If you want to get the position of accountant in Wilson Bookstore, y
6、ou have to satisfy the following conditions EXCEPT _ .A. being a woman B. knowing well how to use a computerC. having been an accountant D. having an accountant certificate23. If you want to try for a job in Fairmont Hotel, you _ .A. have to be a woman and know foreign languagesB. should be a univer
7、sity graduate C. have to be taller than 1.72 meters D. should be younger than 30 years oldBOften speakers at a meeting experience dry mouths and ask for a glass of water. You can solve the problem by activating the saliva（唾液）in you mouth. First gently bite the edges of your tongue with your teeth. O
8、r, press your entire tongue to the bottom of your mouth and hold it there until the saliva flow. Or you can imagine that you are slicing a big juicy lemon and sucking the juice.Before you begin your talk, be kind to your voice. Avoid milk or creamy drinks which coat your throat. Keep your throat wet
9、 by drinking a little sweetened warm tea or water-down fruit juice.If you sense that you are losing your voice, stop talking completely. Save your voice for your speech. You may feel foolish using paper to write notes, but the best thing you can do is to rest your voice. If you feel the need to see
10、a doctor, perhaps getting some advice from a professional singer can be a better choice. In the meantime, do not even talk in a low voice.What about drinking alcohol to wet your throat? I advise you not to touch alcohol before speaking. The problem with alcohol is that one drink gives you a little c
11、onfidence. The second drink gives you even more confidence. Finally you will feel all-powerful and you will feel you can do everything, but in fact your brain and your mouth do not work together properly. Save the alcohol until after you finish speaking.Perhaps you want to accept the advice, but you
12、 may wonder if you can ever change the habits of a lifetime. Of course you can. Goethe, who lived before indoor skating rinks or swimming pools, said, “We learn to skate in the summer and swim in the winter.” Take this message to heart and give yourself time to develop your new habits. If you are wi
13、ling to change, you will soon be able to say that you will never forget these techniques because theyve become a part of your body.24. Which of the following things does the writer suggest that you should do before you began your talk?A. Drink water-down fruit juice.B. Have some drink with cream.C.
14、Have some cool milk.D. Have high tea.25. What does the writer suggest when you feel you are losing your voice?A. Going to see a doctor.B. Asking a professional singer for help.C. Whispering the things that you want to say.D. Keeping on talking rather than use a paper to write notes.26. According to
15、the text, what will happen to your speech when you drink alcohol?A. Your face will be redder and more shining.B. Your mouth and thought will not be in line.C. You will be so confident as to carry out your speech perfectly well.D. You will get excited enough to attract peoples attention in the speech
16、.27. What is the purpose of the writer to use Goethes words?A. To encourage one to go in for sports.B. To tell that Goethe had a strong willpower.C. To prove one can change his habits.D. To remind people of the techniques to develop a lifelong habits.CFor centuries, mankind and dogs have suffered fr
17、om a communication failure. We can tell dogs what we want them to do and sometimes they comply, but weve always struggled when it comes to understanding the true meaning of their barks and whimpers. There is exciting news now a dog translator has been invented to help you communicate with your furry
18、 friend.Researchers at North Carolina State University have fashioned some kind of miracle dog translator body harness(束腰带 ). Whats special about it is that it doesnt just rely on the dogs vocalizations to interpret what Fido is banging on about.Oh no this miracle harness reads and interprets the or
19、dinary dogs body language as well, giving us a full two-way dog communication experience.Researcher David Roberts says: “Dogs communicate primarily through body language, and one of our challenges was to develop sensors that tell us about their behavior by observing their posture remotely.“Sensors o
20、n the harness monitor the dogs heart rate and body temperature and software builds up a vocabulary, letting the human know what the dog is feeling.What would dogs say if they could talk to us? The human can even communicate back through the harness thanks to vibration motors, supposedly by tapping i
21、nto the dogs senses so that it can understand what youre trying to say to it.The dog harness is designed for dogs involved in search and rescue and other front-line work, but its got us dreaming of a beautiful future, one where humans and dogs can co-exist as equals, with the dog able to fully expre
22、ss itself at all times.28. Why cant people communicate with dogs?A. They have difficulty understanding dogs barks and whimpers. B. They have no idea about dogs behavior in relation to their posture. C. They dont know how to tell dogs what they want them to do. D. They dont have a machine to translat
23、e the dogs language. 29. What does the underlined word most probably mean in paragraph two?A. Pursue fashion. B. Research. C. Influence. D. Make. 30. For what purpose is the dog harness designed?A . It is designed for dogs to understand what people are trying to say to them. B. It is designed for a
24、full two-way dog communication experience. C. It is designed to monitor the dogs heart rate and body temperature. D. It is designed for dogs doing search and rescue and other front-line work. 31. What is the authors attitude towards the possible human-dog communication?A. Shocked. B. Excited. C. Emb
25、arrassed. D. Annoyed. DThe medical world is gradually realizing that the quality of the environment in hospitals may play a significant role in the process of recovery from illness.As part of a nationwide effort in Britain to bring art out of the galleries and into public places, some of the country
26、s most talented artists have been called in to transform older hospitals and to soften the hard edges of modern buildings. Of the 2,500 National Health Service hospitals in Britain, almost 100 now have significant collections of contemporary art in corridors, waiting areas and treatment rooms.These
27、recent initiatives owe a great deal to one artist, Peter Senior, who set up his studio at a Manchester hospital in northeastern England during the early 1970s. He felt the artist had lost his place in modern society, and that art should be enjoyed by a wider audience.A typical hospital waiting room
28、might have as many as 500 visitors each week. What better place to hold regular exhibitions of art? Senior held the first exhibition of his own paintings in the out-patients waiting area of the Manchester Royal Hospital in 1975. Believed to be Britains first hospital artist, Senior was so much in de
29、mand that he was soon joined by a team of six young art school graduates.The effect is striking. Now in the corridors and waiting rooms the visitor experiences a full view of fresh colors, playful images and restful courtyards.The quality of the environment may reduce the need for expensive drugs wh
30、en a patient is recovering from an illness. A study has shown that patients who had a view onto a garden needed half the number of strong pain killers compared with patients who had no view at all or only a brick wall to look at.32. According to the passage, “to soften the hard edges of modern build
31、ings“ means_.A. to pull down hospital buildingsB. to decorate hospitals with art collectionsC. to improve the quality of treatment in hospitalsD. to make the corners of hospital buildings round33. According to Peter Senior, _.A. art is not as important in peoples daily life as in hospitalB. art gall
32、eries should be changed into hospitalsC. patients should be encouraged to learn paintingD. art should be encouraged in British hospitals34. After the improvement of the hospital environment, _.A. patients no longer need expensive drugs in their recoveryB. patients are less dependent on expensive dru
33、gs in their recoveryC. patients need good-quality drugs in their recoveryD. patients use fewer pain killers in their recovery than before35. The fact that Senior is in great demand shows that_.A. Peters enterprise is developing greatlyB. Peter Senior enjoys great popularityC. he is a talented hospit
34、al artist D. the role of hospital environment is being recognized第二节 （共 5 小题；每小题 2 分，满分 10 分） 根据短文内容；从短文后的选项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。选项中有两项为多余选项。Practical ways to get motivatedBe mindful of your “why“.If I need to clean the floor, but I really dont like cleaning, then I wont feel very motivated to
35、 do it. However, if I have a big enough reason to do it because Im having some guests to come over, or I love the feeling of having a clean floor, then that “bigger purpose“ can be strong enough to get me to act, even though I dont enjoy cleaning. If I stay mindful of why Im doing it, I can get moti
36、vated to do it. 36 Celebrate your successes.Its easy to get down on yourself because you havent reached your goal yet. You may overlook all of the hard work and small goals that youve accomplished. Remember to reward yourself and to celebrate your successes. 37 In the same way, how can you motivate
37、yourself if youre not going to reward yourself and celebrate your successes?38 Imagine how good youll feel when youve reached your goal. Take a moment and think about how youll feel and what youll think after youve achieved it. What does it feel like? 39 Focus on that feeling, and use it to drive yo
38、u right now to move towards your goal. Just think of how good it will be.Get inspired.Read stories, watch movies, listen to other people who have achieved what you want to achieve. Imagine what they had to go through to get to where they are. Imagine how big the heart is of some of your biggest hero
39、es and how badly they wanted what they achieved. 40 A. Imagine having already achieved it.B. Get help and support when youre not feeling motivated.C. So remind yourself of why youre doing what youre doing.D. What kind of self-talk would you use to motivate yourself?E. Let them inspire you to access
40、your own great desire within.F. You might feel proud, happy, satisfied, or any other emotion.G. Would you be able to properly train a dog without rewarding him?第二部分 英语知识运用（共两节， 满分 45 分）第一节 完形填空（共 20 小题；每小题 1.5 分，满分 30 分）阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A, B, C, D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。When I opened the b
41、ox at my 12th birthday party, I couldnt believe my eyes. I had really gotten a cell phone!As soon as I got to my 41 the next morning I 42 off my phone and asked everyone for their 43 . It felt like I didnt even 44 in that class any more. I wouldnt pay much attention to the teachers because I was too
42、 busy on my 45 . Luckily I didnt get 46 using it. I was pretty47 that the teacher didnt 48 that I stopped paying attention to her 49 a week later we took a test and I failed. To make matters 50 , my mom had to 51 the test.It was hard to show my mom the 52 . She was used to seeing As and Bs on my tes
43、ts. Well, eventually, I showed her and she couldnt 53 it. She was angry but most of all, she was disappointed.Weeks passed and my parents started to 54 the fact that I had a phone. They would say, “ We have noticed that you never pay attention to us. Its like you have your own little 55 now and we d
44、ont communicate as much with your phone.“I acted like they were wrong, but then I started to wonder if it was true that I was spending too much 56 on the phoneA week later I tried 57 a whole day without a cell phone and it didnt go that badly. I had so much 58 because I was actually spending time wi
45、th my family and paying attention to them From that day, I had a different point of view towards cell phonesPhones really take you away from the rest of the world. Im not saying that phones are 59 and not to use them, but you do have to spare some time to spend with your family and not get 60 with y
46、our phone all day. My phone took away time from my homework and from my family. It also affected my grades.I will keep using my phone, but I will have it under better control.41Aoffice Bschool Cstore Dhome42Atook Bput Cturned Dshowed43Anumber Bname Chelp Daddress44Acome Bhand Cgive Dexist45Ajob Btes
47、t Cphone Ddesk46Acaught Ballowed Ctroubled Dappreciated47Aproud Bdoubtful Csure Dangry48Amention Bnotice Cprevent Dpunish49Auntil Bbefore Cthough Dbecause50Aclearer Beasier Cworse Dbetter51Aread Bsign Cdo Dmake52Abox Bbook Chomework Dpaper53Abelieve Breceive Csee Dachieve54Aignore Bdislike Caccept D
48、enjoy55Asecret Bidea Cworld Ddream56Atime Bforce Cmoney Dcontrol57Astudying Bworking Cgoing Dthinking58Atrouble Bworry Cfun Dimprovement59Agood Bbad Cnecessary Duseful60Ainterested Bpleased Cannoyed Dstuck第 II 卷第二部分 英语知识运用（共两节, 满分 45 分）第二节（共 10 小题；每小题 1.5 分，满分 15 分）阅读下面材料，根据上下文在空白处填入适当的内容（1 个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。请将答案填写在答题卷的相应位置上。One day an ant was drinking at a small stream and fell in. She made desperate efforts 61 (reach) the side, but made no progress
