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1、【精品文档】如有侵权，请联系网站删除，仅供学习与交流广东省惠州市届高三第一次调研考试英语试题目.精品文档.广东省惠州市2011届高三第一次调研考试英 语 试 题I、语言知识及应用（共两小节，满分45分）第一节：完形填空（共15小题，每小题2分，满分30分）We were about to gather up things and return to our car when a man came up. He looked very strong indeed and asked us angrily if we knew that these 1 were his own. Father l

2、ooked troubled and the man 2 a notice. It said that camping was 3 forbidden. Poor Father explained that he had not seen the notice and did not 4 that camping was not allowed. Though father 5 , the man did not seem 6 .He asked Father his name and 7 . All the way home, we were so 8 that hardly anyone

3、spoke a word. This 9 thing had spoiled a wonderful day in the camp. For the rest of the week, we 10 what would happen. The following Sunday, we stayed at home 11 it was a fine day. About noon, a large and very expensive car stopped outside our house. We were surprised when we saw several people 12 t

4、o have a picnic in our small garden. Father got very angry and went to ask them what they thought they were doing. You can imagine how 13 he was when he saw the man whom we had met the week before! Both men burst out 14 . Then Father welcomed the strangers into our 15 . We became good friends.1Athin

5、gsBgroundsCtreesDcamps2Aput onBpointed toCtook outDpointed out3AfirmlyBmerelyCsimplyDfinally4AremindBreferCrememberDrealize5AarguedBagreedCapprovedDapologized6AhappyBsatisfiedCpleasantDdelighted7AaddressBhouseCfamilyDhome8AdepressedBworriedCunhappyDdisappointed9AuninterestingBunableCunpleasantDunfor

6、tunate10AexpectedBsupposedCimaginedDwondered11AthoughByetChoweverDsince12AwaitingBcontinuingCpreparingDmanaging13AsurprisedBfunnyCacuteDconsiderate14AcryingBshoutingCscreamingDlaughing15AaddressBgardenChouseDcamp第二节：语法填空（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）On December 19th , 2006, an airbus took off on time from th

7、e capital airport of Saudi Arabia. After about an hours 16. (fly), something strange happened in the plane.The passengers 17. (enjoy) themselves when a small rat stole out from the bag of a young man ,which make the young woman nearby 18. (alarm)with loud screaming. Then more and more rats came out

8、of the bag. All the passengers became out of order, especially the women and the children. The steward（机长）managed to get in touch with 19. control center on the ground. With the order from the ground, the plane 20. (succeed)landed at the nearest airport.As soon as the plane on the ground, all the pa

9、ssengers got off. Then seven specialists got on 21. (catch)these small creatures. Many means had been tired but 22. of them were good enough to catch the rats.At last they tried to fill in the plane 23. carbon-dioxide, 24. poisoned all the eighty rats by the poisonous gas.It 25. (report)that the you

10、ng man wanted to carry these rats to another city and sell them as pets but no one had expected that theses small creatures succeeded in escaping from the bag.II阅读（共三节，满分50分）第一节：阅读理解（共15小题，每小题2分，满分30分）A来源:学.科.网Z.X.X.KIts hardly surprising that weather is a favorite topic for so many people around th

11、e worldit affects where we choose to love, what we wear, our moods, and perhaps even our national characteristics. Studies have shown the changeable weather can make it difficult to concentrate, cloudy skies slow sown reaction, and high humidity with hot, dry winds makes many people bad-tempered.If

12、you live in a place like Britain, where the weather seems to change daily if not hourly, you could be forgiven for thinking that the weather is random. In fact, the weather is controlled by systems which move around areas of the globe. In the UK the weather depends on depressions（低气压）, often called

13、lows, and anticyclones（高气压）, also known as highs. These systems start in the Atlantic Ocean, and make their way across the British Isles from the west to the east. Highs bring sunny weather, while lows bring rain and wind. In modern times, human activities seem to be altering weather patterns. Gases

14、 produced by heavy industry change the temperature of the Earths surface, and affect cloud formation. Some researchers say that factories in Europe and North America may have been one of the causes of the droughts in Africa in the 1980s.The human race has always tied to guess the weather, especially

15、 in areas of the world where there are frequent changes. Traditional rhymes point to early attempts to identify weather patterns, popular poems include:Red sky at night, shepherds delight; red sky in the morning, shepherds warning.Flies will swarm before a storm.Rain before 7, clear by 11.While folk

16、 wisdom can still provide a guide to help forecast weather, todays methods of prediction increasingly rely on technology. Satellites, balloons, ships, aircrafts and weather centers with sensitive monitoring equipment, send data to computers. The date is them processed, and the weather is predicted.

17、However, even this system cannot predict weather for longer than about a week.26When weather keeps changing, .来源:Z&xx&k.ComApeople become bad-tempered Bpeoples reaction slows downCpeople find it hard to focus on their work Dpeople become hungrier27What is mainly talked about in the second paragraph?

18、AChanges in weather.BWeather in Britain.CAfrican droughts.DResearch on weather.28The weather in Britain is .ArandomBmoistCdepressingDsatisfying29According to a traditional rhyme, if there is red sky at night, the next day will be .AwindyBrainyCfineDsnowy30Which of the following statements in true?来源

19、:Z+xx+k.ComAAnticyclones often bring rain and wind.BWeather forecasting has been done for a long time.CWeather could never be predicted.DModern methods of weather prediction are developed from folk wisdom.BWhat do consumers really want? Thats a question market researchers would love to answer. But s

20、ince people dont always say what they think, marketers would need direct access to consumers thoughts to get the truth.来源:学科网ZXXKAnd now, in a way, that is possibleAt the “Mind of the Market” laboratory at Harvard Business School, researchers are looking inside shoppers skulls to develop more effect

21、ive advertisements and marketing stylesUsing imaging techniques that measure blood flow to various parts of the brain, the Harvard team hopes to predict how consumers will react to particular products and to discover the most effective ways to present informationStephen Kosslyn, a professor of psych

22、ology at Harvard, and business school professor Gerald Zaltman, oversee the lab“The goal is not to influence peoples preferences,” says Kosslyn, “just to speak to their actual desires. The groups findings, though still preliminary (初步的), could change how firms develop and market new productsThe Harv

23、ard group use position emission tomography (PET) scans to monitor the brain activityThese PET scans, along with other imaging techniques, enable researchers to see which parts of the brain are active during specific tasks(such as remembering a word).Correlations (相互关系) have been found between blood

24、flow to specific areas and future behaviorBecause of this, Harvard researchers believe the scans can also predict future purchasing patternsAccording to an unpublished paper the group produced, “It is possible to use these techniques to predict not only whether people will remember and have specific

25、 emotional reactions to certain materials, but also whether they tend to want those materials months later.”The Harvard group is now moving into the next stage of experimentsThey will explore how people remember advertisements as part of an effort to predict how they will react to a product after ha

26、ving seen an adThe researchers believe that once key areas of the brain are identified, scans on about two dozen volunteers will be enough to draw conclusions about the reactions of specific sections of the populationLarge corporations-including Coca Cola, Eastman Kodak, General Motors, and Hallmark

27、-have already signed up to fund further investigations. For their financial support, these firms gain access to the experiments but cannot control themIf Kosslyn and Zahman and their team really can read the mind of the market, then consumers may find it even harder to get those advertising jingles-

28、out of their heads.31Which of the following statements can be the best title for this passage?AReading the Mind of the Market. BInfluencing the Customers Choice.CInfluencing the Style of Advertising DExperimenting with the Way to Foretell32Why do the Harvard researchers use scientific technology in

29、the experiments?ABecause they want to find a better way to persuade people into purchasing patterns in the future in the different market.BBecause they dont trust the findings already done by other researchers.CBecause they want to see how particular products can influence consumers and find out the

30、 most effective ways to advertise.DBecause they think the marketing strategies can actually be changed after the experiments.33The following statements are true except that APeople sometimes hide their true feelings when questioned by the marketing surveyors.BStephen Kosslyn and Gerald Zaltman are i

31、n charge of the experiment and think ill of the study.CHarvard researchers have found some relation between peoples brain and future behavior.DMany large companies finance the Harvard groups further investigations.34What does “to speak to” in the 2nd paragraph mean?ATo communicate with BTo say to.CT

32、o talk to. DTo respond to.35The last sentence of the passage implies that _.Ait is very likely that customers will buy unnecessary things just depending on the ads in the future.Bin fact, the real purpose of Harvard groups research is to attract more consumers into the market.CCoca Cola or the Gener

33、al Motors can exploit the findings of the experiments in their own marketing.Dconsumers may find it more difficult to get out of the advertising jungle and it may cause them headaches.CThe HOPE IS A CAMECHANGER PROJECT will deliver unbreakable soccer balls to kids who, all too often, see thing horri

34、ble, broken and not survive the simplest of circumstances. The project started taking form well before anyone knew where it would leadwhich is to test the power of like-minded people working together to turn inspiration into action.Four years ago Bobby was in Rwanda offering help to the people there

35、 and taking photos of a child soldier named Moise with his “soccer ball”，which was a pile of rubbish tied together with a string. This “ball” was the only thing Moise could call his own - no family, no home, no place to go. Forced to fight in the Congo and having killed three people at the unbearabl

36、y young age of seven, the boys spirit was broken. And Bobby knew, as he took one photo after the next, that hed never forget him. In fact, he returned the following year to tell Moise he had stayed deep within his heart -but he was gone. I recently helped Bobby launch his new book The Power of the I

37、nvisible Sun which features a photo of Moise, his ball, and kids from war-torn areas around the world. All of his earnings go towards the HOPE IS A GAME-CHANGER PROJECT for the kids he visited over the past decade. They caught the emotional landscape from heartbreak to joy, but share the undeniable

38、longing for recovery and hope. Bobby and I share the unchangeable belief that delivering hope is really a game-changer, especially to a child. We believe that each indestructible ball will come to represent a lasting symbol of hope. A light no matter how small-The Power of the Invisible Sun.This hol

39、iday season, I ask you to think about whether you are doing enough to help someone else in the world. Or as Bobby likes to put it, consider “taking a concrete baby step”, which added together, can create transformational change. Its my great hope that the HOPE IS A GAME-CHANGER PROJECT will change t

40、he lives of children the world over - one book, one ball at a time.36In the first sentence of the passage, the writer implies that .Akids live an unsafe life in parts of the worldBthe balls sent to kids should be of good qualityCyoung kids can not overcome the difficultiesDkids intend to break their

41、 toys into pieces37The purpose of The HOPE IS A GAME-CHANGER PROJECT is to .Asend ball gifts to kids in poor countries Bcollect money to help kids in needCcomfort kids in war-torn areas Doffer kids help to change their lives38How may Bobby feel about Mosie?AHe was very proud of Mosies bravery.BHe fe

42、lt sorry for Mosies ruined childhood.CHe thought money could solve Mosies problem.DHe felt happy to tell him what was in his heart.39Which of the following about Bobbys new book is TRUE?AIt earned a lot of money to help kids like Mosie.BThe photos inside reflected the kids hopeless life.CIts title s

43、hows the authors belief to change the world.DIt changed the life of the kids recorded in the book.40The underlined part in the last paragrph probably means .Astarting the first step as a baby does Btaking an active action from now onCmaking great changes step by step Ddoing some small but good deeds

44、第二节：篇章结构（共5小题，每小题2分，满分10分）阅读下面短文，将标有AF的段落或句子插入文章中题号为4145的恰当位置，使全篇文章意义完整，结构连贯。注意：有一个选项是多余的。Deep into the night, the bus pulled into a Howard Johnsons restaurant and everybody got off the bus except Tom. 41 perhaps he was a sea captain; maybe he had run away from wife; 42 . When they went to bus, one

45、of the girls sat beside him and introduced herself. After a long time, slowly and painfully, be began to tell his story. He had been in prison in New York for the last four years, and he was going home.“Well, when I was in prison I wrote to my wife. I said, Martha, I understand if you cant stay marr

46、ied to me. I said I was going to be away a long time, and that if she couldnt stand it, if the kids kept asking questions, if it hurt her too much, well, she could just forget me. Get a new young manshes wonderful womanand forget all about me. 43 Not for the three and a half years.”“Last week, when

47、I was sure freedom was coming through, I wrote to her. I told her that if she had a new young man , I would understand. 44 We used to live in this town, Brunswick ,and theres great big oak tree just as you come in to the town. I told her if she would take me back, she should put a yellow handkerchief on the tree, and if she didnt want me, forgot me, no handkerchief and Id keep going on through.” 45 When they were 20 miles from Brunswick, the young man took over window se