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1、广州市真光中学2024届高三开学质量检测高三英语第一部分阅读理解（共两节，满分50分）第一节、阅读理解（共15小题，每题分，共37.5）AThese sciencethemed field trips will offer you fantastic experiences.Londons sites of scientific interestExplore Londons notable sites of scientific interest along the River Thames, starting at Kew Bridge and walking to the Thames
2、Barrier during the day with talks in the evening with some professors.Visit the London Wetland Centre Kew Gardens, Battersea Power Station, and the Greenwich Observatory.You will never be far from the river as you experience a wide range of topics including wildlife, medicine, power generation, engi
3、neering, physics and astronomy.The science history of ScotlandDiscover Edinburgh and Glasgows most famous scientific thinkers, and learn how their ideas supported our emerging understanding of the world from the 16th century onwards.Enjoy expert talks and explore key sites from the Scottish Enlighte
4、nment （启蒙）.Learn about the wide cast of advocates and hear from guest speakers, take part in walking seminars （研讨会）and enjoy several museum trips, as well as visits to two industrial wonders, the Falkirk Wheel and the Whitelee Windfarm.PreHistoric Southwest EnglandInvolve yourself in the early human
5、 periods the Bronze and Iron Ages. A gentle walking tour that explores the prehistoric origins and evidence across Wiltshire and Dorset.Visit several National Trust, English Heritage and UNESCO listed sites including Stonehenge and Maiden Castle and hear talks from the directors of the Wiltshire and
6、 Salisbury museums.1. Which site can you visit along the River Thames?A. Maiden Castle.B.The Falkirk Wheel.C The Wetland Centre.D. The Salisbury museums.2. What is the visit to the Southwest England aimed at?A. A closer look at the past.B. A brief exposure to nature.C. A new view about mysteries.D.
7、A deeper understanding of art.3. What can visitors expect during all the three trips?1) Talks with experts.8) Visits to museums.9) History explorations.10) Scientific research.BAs parents, we always hope to develop character traits in our children that will enhance their success in life. When our da
8、ughter Meegan, the eldest of five children, lost her front tooth at the age of six, we found the following note wrapped around the tiny tooth.Der Tooth Fairy,Pieze leve me yor majik wcind(杖).I want to be a toothfairy, too.Luv MeeganRecognizing potential leadership skills, precious opportunity and th
9、e teachable momeot, the “Tooth Fairy” left the following note for little Meegan:Dear Meehan,I have worked hard to be a good Tooth Fairy and I love my job. You are too young for the job just now, so I cannot give you my wand. But there are some things that you can start to do to prepare yourself for
10、the job:11) Always do your best in every job that you do.12) Treat all people as you wish to be treated.13) Be kind and helpful to others.14) Always listen carefully whenever people speak to you. I will interview you one day when you are older and ready for the job.Good Luck, Meegan!The Tooth FairyM
11、eegan was thrilled at the response from the Tooth Fairy. She took the message to heart and carefully followed the instructions, always working to improve as she grew. Her character, her strength and her leadership skills grew right along with her. After graduating magna cum laude (以优秀成绩)from college
12、, Meegan accepted a challenging management position. She excelled, and by age 27, she was the top manager of the pany.One day Meegan and I were talking about her success. She told me that the pany president had once asked her what influences had motivated her toward success.“What did you tell him?”
13、I asked.She replied, My parents, my teacher and my friends. And, of course, the Tooth Fairy!”4. What does the underlined phrase “the teachable moment refer to?A. Meegan lost a tooth.B. Meegan wrapped a tooth.C. Meegan wrote a note.D. Meegan received a note.5. Who wrote the reply note to Meegan?A. Th
14、e Tooth Fairy. B. Her parents.C. Her teacher.D. Her friends.6. Why was the message so carefully followed by Meegan?A. It helped Meegan see her goal reachable.B. It promised Meegan a highranking position.C. It demonstrated desirable character traits to Meegan.D. It taught Meegan to build enjoyable in
15、terpersonal relationships.7. How did Meegan bee so successful?A. She was gifted with supernatural power.B. She was appreciated for outstanding talent.C. She was motivated to develop fine qualities.D. She was encouraged to work in a challenging position.CLast year, 138,000 San Francisco residents use
16、d Airbnb, a popular app designed to connect home renters and travelers. Ifs a striking number fbr a city with a population of about 850,000, and it was enough fbr Airbnb to win a major victory in local elections, as San Francisco voters struck down a debatable rule that would have placed time restri
17、ctions and other regulations on shortterm rental services.The pany fiercely opposed the measure Proposition F, with a nearly $10 million advertising campaign. It alsocontacted its San Franciscan users with messages urging them to vote against Proposition F.Most people think of Airbnb as a kind of co
18、uchsurfing app. The service works for onenight stays on road trips and longer stays in cities, and it often has more petitive pricing than hotels. Ifs a textbook example of the sharing economy”, but not everyone is a fan.The app has had unintended consequences in San Francisco. As the San Francisco
19、Chronicle reported last year, a significant amount of renting on Airbnb is not in line with the panys image: middleclass families putting up a spare room to help make ends meet. Some users have taken advantage of the service, using it to turn their multiple properties into vacation rentals or even f
20、ulltime rentals. Backers of Proposition F argued that this trend takes spaces off the conventional, betterregulated housing market and contributes to rising costs.“The fact is, widespread abuse of shortterm rentals is taking much needed housing off the market and harming our neighborhoods J said Sha
21、reBetter SF, a group that supported Proposition F. Hotel unions have protested the panys practices in San Francisco and other cities, saying that it creates an illegal hotel system.San Francisco is in the middle of a longterm, deeply rooted housing crisis that has seen the cost of living explode. Ac
22、tually, explode is a generous term. The average monthly rent for an apartment is around $4, 000. Located on a narrow outcropping of land overlooking the bay, San Francisco simply doesnt have enough space to acmodate the massive inflow of young, highsalaried tech employees flocking to Silicon Valley.
23、As the Los Angeles Times reported, some San Francisco residents supported the measure simply because it seemed like a way to check a big corporation. Opponents of Proposition F countered that the housing crisis runs much deeper, and that passing the rule would have discouraged a popular service whil
24、e doing little to solve the citys existing problems.8. The intention of Proposition F is to.A. place time limits in local election.B. set limits on shortterm rental.C. strike down a controversial rule.D. urge users to vote against Airbnb.9. What is the negative consequence of Airbnb on San Francisco
25、?A. It shrinks the living space of middleclass families.B. Users are taken advantage of by the service financially.C. It makes the house market more petitive.D. It indirectly leads to high house rental price.10. The housing crisis in San Francisco results from.A. explosion of the living costB.its ge
26、ographiccharacteristicsC. generosity of local enterprisesD.inflow of migrantpopulation11. The authors attitude toward Proposition F is.A. objectiveB.supportiveC. negativeD.indifferentDHumans are not the only ones who underwent selfdomestication. So did our close relatives, the bonobos, and the speci
27、es we call our best friend. A tiny proportion of the genome differentiates dogs from wolves, and yet millions of dogs are fortably curled up in our homes, while wolves move around at the edge of extinction.When our research group began its work almost 20 years ago, we discovered that dogs also have
28、extraordinary intelligence: they can read our gestures better than any other species. Wolves, in contrast, are mysterious and unpredictable. Their home is the wilderness, and that wilderness is shrinking.But not so long ago the evolutionary race between dogs and wolves was so close, it was unclear w
29、ho would win. Dogs, in fact, did not descend from wolves. Instead, dogs and wolves shared a wolflike ancestor.Folklore supposes that humans brought wolf puppies into camp and domesticated them. Or as wolf expert David Meeh wrote in 1974, Evidently early humans tamed wolves and domesticated them, eve
30、ntually selectively breeding them and finally developing the domestic dog from them. But this story has not held up. Taming an animal occurs during its lifetime. Domestication happens over generations and involves changes to the genome.So how did wolves turn into dogs? Back in the Ice Age, as our hu
31、man populations grew more sedentary, we probably created more rubbish, which we then dumped outside our camps. These leavings would have included tempting pieces of food for hungry wolves. Not every wolf would have been able to scavenge, however. These animals would have had to be unafraid of humans
32、, and if they displayed any aggression toward us, they would have been killed. After generations of selection for friendliness without intentional selection by humans, this special population of wolves would have begun to take on a different appearance. Coat color, ears, tails: all probably started
33、to change.Animals that could respond to our gestures and voices would be extremely useful as hunting partners and guards. They would have been valuable as well for their warmth and panionship, and slowly we would have allowed them to move from outside our camps to our firesides. We did not domestica
34、te dogs. The friendliest wolves domesticated themselves.12. What can be summarized about wolves and dogs from the first three paragraphs?A. Wolves are smarter than dogs.B. They are very much racially divided.C. They are close relatives but dogs seem to be on the winning side.D. Dogs have made their
35、ways to indoor life while wolves to the wild.13. What is the meaning of the underlined word “sedentary“ in paragraph 5?A. diverseB. limitedC. living in the same placeD. involving regular migration14. What does the author conclude from the history of dogs and wolves?A. Dogs evolved from wolves.B. Sel
36、ective breeding developed domestic dogs.C. Taming and domesticating an animal are the same thing.D. Friendliness as a quality translates into an evolutionary strategy.15. Which of the following is suitable for a title?A. From Wolf to DogB. Dog: Our Favorite PetC. An Intentional DomesticationD. A pet
37、ition Story between Wolf and Dog第二节、七选五（共5小题，每题分，共分）Color is in everything we touch, taste, smell and feel. It evokes（唤起）emotion without any thought. 16 We are all familiar with it, but do you know the following facts?Silver will save your life. When buying a new car and finding yourself facing vari
38、ous choices, you cant think clearly. Your best choice is to go with silver. Silver-colored cars are least likely to be involved in a car accident.17 Another reason is the silver colors ability to have a look of cleanliness.18 Tough prisoners and crazy patients? It is the color monly used to help cal
39、m down those who are out of control. So it surely has a useful place and a purpose, other than decorating a dress or Barbies dream house.Yellow makes you hungry. Yellow and orange are not remended for use in kitchens, as they have a positive influence on your appetite. 19 Im not normally one for con
40、spiracy（阴谋）theories- but perhaps theres something in it fbr them if we remain ignorant of yellows effects.Color is an imaginary friend. Technically its all in our heads: color does not exist at all. 20 So, if youstart a heated debate over color binations with someone that you are certain has a low I
41、Q or is just color-blind, remember its a pointless argument and you should drop it instantly. Youre both wrong. A. Pink forts the nerves.B. Blue is the most mon favorite color.C. They are most noticeable on the road and in low light.D. Yellow-colored walls seldom leave us wanting more food.E. It can
42、 be the focus of our careers, our lifestyle and the fun we have.F. Then where would our restaurant owners be without the clever tricks?G. Color tries to make sense of the huge amount of information from the outer world.第二部分;语言运用（两节，满分30分）第一节、完形填空（共15小题;每小题1分，满分15分）A new week began. Marcus entered th
43、e school. 21. he cried out, What happened to the stadium?Someone had painted faces on the stadium wall!All students were whispering with 22 about the graffiti(涂鸦).Possible explanations spread like wildfire around the school.Later, when Brian cleaned the blackboard, Marcus suddenly spotted the paint
44、on his hands. He 23 that it was Brian who did it. After school, Marcus followed Brian and 24 on what he was doing. When Brian opened his locker, Marcus saw small cans of paint! He decided to 25 it to Mr. Johnson.The next morning, Brian was called to the principals office. The moment Mr. Johnson 26 a
45、sked about the graffiti, Brian cried. 27、Brian explained that he liked to paint, but he couldnt join the art club becausehe had to go 28 home after school to babysit his little brother. Tm sorry. Til clean the stadium J he sobbed.Though angry at first, Mr. Johnson began to soften as he realized how
46、29 Brian was. “Brian, painting graffiti on school walls is a very serious matter. Of course you should clean and 30 the Mr. Johnsonpaused,31 I must say, those paintings are quite good. Did you do it alone?” Brian nodded, uYes. Imgood at painting.”Mr. Johnson thought for a moment before making a(n) 3
47、2. Well,“ he said, some teachers suggested that we hire a local artist to paint our school mascot on the school wall. Would you like to participate in that?”“Really?” Brian hesitated,33 to believe it.“Yes, but its hard work, and we can consider it part of your 34 Mr. Johnson said, trying to hidehis3
48、5_ as he picked up the phone.21. A. GraduallyB. GenerallyC. UsuallyD. Suddenly22. A. curiosityB. disappointmentC. fearD. relief23. A. wipedB. examinedC. scanned.D. suspected24. A. spiedB. reflectedC. mentedD. hit25. A. makeB. reportC. describeD. retell26. A. hesitantlyB. patientlyC. directlyD. sympathetically27. A. AshamedB. SurprisedC. ExcitedD. Satisfied28. A. slowlyB. lateC. deliberatelyD. right29. A. fortunateB. miserableC. relaxedD. naughty30. A. repaintB. hideC. buildD. repair