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1、-广东省汕头市金山中学高三上学期摸底考试英语试卷（含答案）-第 9 页汕头市金山中学2016-2017年度高三第一学期摸底考试英语命题人：许志军、郑世炳本试卷共三部分，满分135分（1201.125）。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填写答题卡上的班级、姓名和试室号、学号，用2B铅笔将学号对应的数字涂黑。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。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
2、选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑。AThese are words that attempt to express the unique trip of a lifetime. Experience the Grand Canyon as eagles do soaring, turning, rising, descending. Dont miss this experience. The following helps you book your helicopter tour.Helicopter Aerial TourExplore the Grand
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5、t ride down the Colorado. Ticket: $150 per person plus 10% tax.Champagne Helicopter TourExperience the beauty of the Grand Canyon: Soar above the Hoover Dam and the dead volcanoes. You go aboard a million-dollar helicopter with all forward facing seats allowing 180 degrees of views in air-conditione
6、d comfort. You will see the Hoover Dam, the Colorado River, the Grand Canyon and more! You land to have a romantic champagne picnic lunch at the Grand Canyon.Las Vegas Adventure TourHelicopter tour to Grand Canyon West include a wonderful Las Vegas Adventure Tour. Aerial sightseeing tours originatin
7、g in Las Vegas, Nevada include breathtaking views of Lake Mead, the Mohave Desert, and the west rim of the Grand Canyon. Aerial tours including round trip as well as combination tours attract many visitors.Visitors arriving at the Hualapai Nations Grand CanyonWestAirport may select one from activiti
8、es above.1.How much should be paid if a couple wants to take a 13-minute helicopter tour?A. 132 dollars B. 264 dollars C. 300 dollars D. 120 dollars2. If the helicopter lands on the banks of the Colorado River you will _.A. visit the Hoover DamB. have a romantic picnic lunchC. enjoy a pontoon boat r
9、ideD. catch sight of Lake Mead3. Which tour may be the most comfortable?A. Helicopter Aerial Tour B. Las Vegas Adventure TourC. Champagne Helicopter Tour D. Helicopter Pontoon TourBAt the Beijing Olympic Shelly-Ann swept away any doubts about her ability to perform consistently by becoming the first
10、 Jamaican woman ever to win the 100 meters Olympic gold. Shelly-Ann is a little woman with a big smile. She has a mental toughness that did not come about by chance. Her journey to becoming the fastest woman on earth has been anything but smooth and effortless. She grew up in Waterhouse, one of Jama
11、icas toughest and poorest inner-city communities and also a really violent and overpopulated place. Her mother Maxime, one of a family of fourteen, had been an athlete herself as a young girl but, like so many other girls in Waterhouse, had to stop after she had her first baby. Maximes early entry i
12、nto the adult world with its responsibilities gave her the determination to ensure that her kids would not end up in Waterhouses roundabout of poverty. One of the first things Maxime used to do with Shelly-Ann was taking her to the track, and she was ready to sacrifice everything.It didnt take long
13、for Shelly-Ann to realize that sports could be her way out of Waterhouse. On a summer evening in Beijing in 2008, all those long, hard hours of work and commitment finally bore fruit. The barefoot kid who just a few years previously had been living in poverty, surrounded by criminals and violence, h
14、ad written a new chapter in the history of sports.But Shelly-Anns victory was far greater than that. The night she won Olympic gold in Beijing, the routine murders in Waterhouse and the drug wars in the neighbouring streets stopped. The dark cloud above one of the worlds toughest criminal neighbourh
15、oods simply disappeared for a few days. “I have so much fire burning for my country,” Shelly said. She plans to start a foundation for homeless children and wants to build a community centre in Waterhouse. She hopes to inspire the Jamaicans to lay down their weapons. She intends to fight to make it
16、a womans as well as a mans world.As Muhammad Ali puts it, “Champions arent made in gyms. Champions are made from something they have deep inside them. A desire, a dream, a vision.” One of the things Shelly-Ann can be proud of is her understanding of this truth.4. What made Maxime decide to train her
17、 daughter on the track?A. Her success and lessons in her career.B. Her interest in Shelly-Anns quick profit.C. Her wish to get Shelly-Ann out of poverty.D. Her early entrance into the sprinting world.5. What can we infer from Shelly-Anns statement underlined in Paragraph 4?A. She was highly rewarded
18、 for her efforts.B. She was eager to do more for her country.C. She became an athletic star in her country.D. She was the envy of the whole community.6. By mentioning Muhammad Alis words, the author intends to tell us that_.A. players should be highly inspired by coachesB. great athletes need to con
19、centrate on patienceC. hard work is necessary in ones achievementsD. motivation allows great athletes to be on the top7. What is the best title for the passage?A. The Making of a Great Athlete B. The Dream for ChampionshipC. The Key to High PerformanceD. The Power of Full ResponsibilityCOne evening
20、in February 2007, a student named Paula Ceely brought her car to a stop on a remote road in Wales. She got out to open a metal gate that blocked her path. Thats when she heard the whistle sounded by the driver of a train. Her Renault Clio was parked across a railway line. Seconds later, she watched
21、the train drag her car almost a kilometre down the railway tracks.Ceelys near miss made the news because she blamed it on he GPS (导航仪). She had never driven the route before. It was dark and raining heavily. Ceely was relying on her GPS, but it made no mention of the crossing. “I put my complete tru
22、st in the device and it led me right into the path of a speeding train,” she told the BBC.Who is to blame here? Rick Stevenson, who tells Ceelys story in his book When Machines Fail Us, points the finger at the limitations of technology. We put our faith in digital devices, he says, but our digital
23、helpers are too often not up to the job. They are filled with small problems. And its not just GPS devices: Stevenson takes us on a tour of digital disasters involving everything from mobile phones to wireless keyboards.The problem with his argument in the book is that its not clear why he only focu
24、ses on digital technology, while there may be a number of other possible causes. A map-maker might have left the crossing off a paper map. Maybe we should blame Ceely for not paying attention. Perhaps the railway authorities are at fault for poor signaling system. Or maybe someone has studied the re
25、lative dangers and worked out that there really is something specific wrong with the GPS equipment. But Stevenson doesnt say. Its a problem that runs through the book.The game between humans and their smart devices is amusing and complex. It is shaped by economics and psychology and the cultures we
26、live in. Somewhere in the mix of those forces there may be a way for a wiser use of technology.If there is such a way, it should involve more than just an awareness of the shortcomings of our machines. After all, we have lived with them for thousands of years. They have probably been fooling us for
27、just as long.8.What did Paula Ceely think was the cause of her accident？A. She was not familiar with the road.B. It was dark and raining heavily then.C. The railway workers failed to give the signal.D. Her GPS device didnt tell her about the crossing.9. The phrase “near miss” (Paragraph 2) can best
28、be replaced by_.A. close hitB. heavy lossC. narrow escapeD. big mistake10. Which of the following would Rick Stevenson most probably agree with?A. Modern technology is what we cant live without.B. Digital technology often falls short of our expectation.C. Digital devices are more reliable than they
29、used to be.D. GPS error is not the only cause for Ceelys accident.11. What is the real concern of the writer of this article?A. The major causes of traffic accidents and car thefts.B. The relationship between human and technology.C. The shortcomings of digital devices we use.D. The human unawareness
30、 of technical problems.DFailure is probably the most exhausting experience a person ever has. There is nothing more tiring than not succeeding. We experience this tiredness in two ways: as start-up fatigue(疲惫) and performance fatigue. In the former case, we keep putting off a task because it has eit
31、her too boring or too difficult. And the longer we delay it, the more tired we feel. Such start-up fatigue is very real, even if not actually physical, not something in our muscles and bones. The solution is obvious though perhaps not easy to apply: always handle the most difficult job first. Years
32、ago, I was asked to write 102 essays on the great ideas of some famous authors. Applying my own rule, I determined to write them in alphabetical(按字母顺序), never letting myself leave out a tough idea. And I always started the days work with the difficult task of essay-writing. Experience proved that th
33、e rule works.Performance fatigue is more difficult to handle. Though willing to get started, we cannot seem to do the job right. Its difficulties appear so great that, however hard we work, we fail again and again. In such a situation, I work as hard as I can then let the unconscious take over. When
34、 planning Encyclopedia Britannica (大英百科全书), I had to create a table of contents based on the topics of its articles. Nothing like this had ever been done before, and day after day I kept coming up with solutions, but none of them worked. My fatigue became almost unbearable. One day, mentally exhaust
35、ed, I wrote down all the reasons why this problem could not be solved. I tried to convince myself that the trouble was with the problem itself, not with me. Relived, I sat back in an easy chair and fell asleep. An hour later, I woke up suddenly with the solution clearly in mind. In the weeks that fo
36、llowed, the solution which had come up in my unconscious mind proved correct at every step. Though I worked as hard as before, I felt no fatigue. Success was now as exciting as failure had been depressing. Human beings, I believe, must try to succeed. Success, then, means never feeling tired.12. Wha
37、t does the author recommend doing to prevent start-up fatigue?A. Writing essays in strict order.B. Building up physical strength.C. Leaving out the toughest ideas.D. Dealing with the hardest task first.13. On what occasion does a person probably suffer from performance fatigue?A. Before starting a d
38、ifficult task.B. When all the solutions fail.C. If the job is rather boring.D. After finding a way out.14. According to the author, the unconscious mind may help us_.A. ignore mental problems B. get some nice sleepC. gain complete relief D. find the right solution15. What could be the best title for
39、 the passage?A. Success Is Built upon FailureB. How to Handle Performance FatigueC. Getting over Fatigue: A Way to SuccessD. Fatigue: An Early Sign of Health Problems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。选项中有两项为多余选项。It is necessary but difficult for English beginners to memorize new word
40、s，and long lists of words seem to make the mission impossible. They are puzzled why they try to memorize words with great efforts but forget them easily. Thats why there are often inquiries about how to memorize new words.16_ Here are some tips to help.17_ We too often separate the process of new wo
41、rds memorization from pronunciation. In fact these two can be combined and each will enhance the other. Saying the word to ourselves helps activate aural(hearing) memory，which helps the memory. 18_ The more familiar we are with the word，the greater chance we will have to keep it for the rest of our
42、life.Never memorize single English words. 19_ Relate the word to terms we already know，either as synonym or antonym. For example，the word “gargantuan” is similar in meaning to words “gigantic”，“huge” and “large”. Make a sequence of words: “small，medium，large，gigantic，and gargantuan”.Create a mental
43、image of the word that involves strong emotions. Think, “The gargantuan whale is going to swallow me whole”.Learning English words requires action. Complaining how difficult it is to memorize new words will be of little help. 20_ Have a try with ten words a day and you will see what a difference you
44、 will make in our English learning.A. So take action right now.B. Speak the word while memorizing it.C. Memorizing new words is very important.D. Actually, some have given up learning new words.E. In fact, learning new words neednt be that difficult.F. Make as many associations and connections as po
45、ssible.G. The sound of word helps us recall the spelling and familiarizes us with the word.第二部分语言知识运用（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和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。In 2014 I was 22 years old and had just come back to Brazil after 14 months in England, holding my Cam
46、bridge Proficiency certificate. After nervously 21_ a short training course, I began to give class to my 12 students, all of them older than I was. I 22_ hard to remain calm in class and 23_ they wouldnt find out how unconfident I felt a lot of the time. I was quite 24_, actually, until the end of 2
47、5_ and the night of the final oral test.The test was going to start at 7 pm, and at 6:50, I 26_ myself in the teachers bathroom to 27_ all the test questions again. I really wanted to learn the 28_ by heart so no one would think I was an inexperienced tester. The 29_ is, I actually locked myself in the bathroom. I 30_ couldnt get out! The bell rang at 7 pm and I could hear the 31_ in the halls as the students went to their rooms. I tried hard to 32_ the bathroom door, but failed.I heard the cleaning ladys voice and asked for help as 33_ as