东莞市 2017 届高三英语中心组模拟试题（二）
2016.11 说明：本试卷共 8页，满分 120
分。考试用时 120分钟。因考试不考听力，第 I 卷从第二部 分的“阅读理解”开始，试题序号从“ 21 开始”。
第I卷
第二部分 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）
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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。
Book: No Looking Back
Author: Shivani Gupta
Shivani had thrown a party one evening and awoke the next morning in hospital because of a car crash. It took Shivani years of pain, struggle and determination to regain control of her life and her body. Then tragedy struck again. As the newly-married Shivani drove to Manali with her family, a truck crashed into her car. Shivani refused to give in—— she wouldn't let her injury keep her from achieving her ambitions. Book: Courage Beyond Compare
Author: Sanjay Sharma
The 10 sportspersons in the book are champions in diverse fields like athletics, swimming, and
badminton, who have brought glory to the country. They overcame their physical limitations to reach the top of their chosen fields. Book： Face to Face
Author: Ved Mehta
Blind since the age of four, the author led a lonely childhood in India until he was accepted to the
Arkansas School for the Blind, to which he flew alone at 15. America and the school changed his life, leading him to degrees at Oxford and Harvard and a fruitful writing career. Book: This Star Won ' t Go Out
Author: Lori and Wayne Earl
Diagnosed with cancer at 12, Esther Earl was a bright and talented, but very normal teenager. She lived a hope-filled and generous life. A cheerful, positive and encouraging daughter, sister and friend, Esther died in 2010, shortly after turning 16, but not before inspiring thousands through her growing online presence. 21. The book No Looking Back mainly talks about ________________ .
A. an unlucky girl who experienced two car accidents B. 10 disabled athletes who are champions in sports field C. a successful author who was blind during his childhood D. an inspiring teenager who died of cancer 22. When read ing the book writte n by Sanjay Sharma, we will ____ .
A. find the author is a sports lover
B. get in spired by the sportspers ons' spirits C. be proud to be a sportspers on
D. find sportspers ons are full of power
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23. In which book does the author tell of himself?
A. Face to Face. B. This Star Won ' t Go Out C. Courage Bey ond Compare. D. No Look ing Back. 24. Which word can best describe the characters of all the four books?
A. I ntellige nt. B. Passi on ate. C. I nspiri ng D. Pessimistic
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Texting （发短信）walkers aren't just an annoyance to other walkers, Australian researchers armed with movie special-effects tech no logy have determ ined scie ntifically that they're threats to themselves. Usi ng motio n-capture tech no logy similar to that used for films, researchers con cluded that texting while walking not only affects balance but also the ability to walk in straight line.
“ Somqoeople like checking emails while walking to work in the morning ” said the study co-author Hoorn, “ but they may not know it has a serious effect on the safety of themselves facts have also proved this. A tourist from Taiwan walked off a pier near Melbourne last month while checking Facebook, bringing a sudden and icy end to a penguin-watching visit. Another pers on who was too wrapped up in his pho ne to no tice dan gers walked straight into the fountain in front of a shopp ing mall.
The Australia n study invo Ived 27 volun teers, a third of whom admitted hav ing kno cked into objects while texti ng. They were asked to walk 8.5 meters three times— once without pho nes, once while reading text and once while writing text, when eight cameras recorded their actions.
They found the volun teers using the phone walked slower, and, more seriously, they locked their arms and elbows in like “robots which forced their heads to move more, throwing themselves off bala nce. “In a p（（步紡的n en vir onmen t, in ability to mai ntain a straight path would be likely to in crease pote ntial for traffic accide nts
” , said Mr. Hoorn.
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to step aside and stop, or keep off the phone. ”
Authorities world-wide have taken note. Signs on Hong Kong's subway system advise passe ngers in three Ian guages to keep their eyes off their pho nes. Police and tran sport authorities have highlighted the dan ger in Sin gapore, where the Straits Times n ewspaper rece ntly declared cellphone-distracted road crossing as “ bad habit No. 2 ” contributing to the rising number of roa
deaths. Some U.S. states, in clud ing New York and Arka nsas, are con sideri ng bans on what they're calli ng pho ne jaywalk ing.
25. Accord ing to the passage, people texti ng while walk ing usually _________ . A. do n ot in flue nce other walkers B. do harm to their eyes C. put themselves in dan ger D. can still walk straight 26. Which of the following words has the closest meaning to “wrapped up ” in Paragraph 2?
A. abse nt-min ded B. anno yed C. con fused D. absorbed 27. About the Australia n study, we know that _________ .
A. the volun teers using phones while walki ng moved n ormally
B. ten volun teers admitted hav ing bumped into things while texti ng C. the volun teers were divided into three groups duri ng the study
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D. texti ng walkers are exposed to greater possibility of traffic accide nts 28. The last paragraph suggests that ________ .
A. actions have bee n take n aga inst texti ng while walk ing
B. Hong Kong ' s subway system forbids texting walkers to take the train
C. New York has made laws to ban pho ne jaywalk ing
D. cellph on e-distracted road cross ing is con sidered the worst habit in Sin gapore
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One day I was driving home with a woman. She rolled down the window, fifty feet away from the driveway and spit her gum out of the win dow. “ Could n ' you just wait five sec on ds a nd put your gum where it bel ongs? I asked, anno yed.
She was not the only one who was gum-lazy. Consider the following. Every time I brush chewed gum un der my desk, I shake with fright. At Folsom Middle School, whe never I had to walk by the gum wall n ext to the girls ' locker room, I felt totally disgustwdsWheing, I walked outside duri ng my dance show in my ballet shoes, always stepp ing right on a big and juicy piece of bubble gum. I was extremely upset.
The worst part of all these in cide nts is that a trash can is located n ear. But some people are too lazy to walk towards it.
If you can ' t be a responsible gum chewer, don ' t chew at all. That ' s all I ' m gc Take Sin gapore as a good example. The chew ing gum ban in Sin gapore was placed. It bans the import and sale of chew ing gum in Sin gapore, whether for the purpose of trade or pers onal chew ing. However, the ban has been partly lifted with some types of gum, such as medical gum, allowable. This comes with the warning that it is sold only by a druggist, who has to take down the names of buyers.
Obviously, the Sin gapore gover nment gets angry at gum stuck in keyholes of mailboxes and on elevator butt ons.
Not only is it annoying, but chewing gum can actually do harm to the health. Most gum contains a deadly chemical. If it is, it may cause cancer. Other studies suggest that aspartame may cause n eurological 神经系统的）disorders. Therefore, aspartame is not allowed to use in the US.
So just say no to chew ing gum.
29. Accord ing to Paragraph 2, the author ___ A. stepped on a piece of gum while dancing C. was troubled by chewed gum
30. What do we know about aspartame? A. It is proved to be a harmless chemical. C. It is being refused by the US gover nment 31. What is the main purpose of the text?
A. To advise people aga inst chew ing gum. C. To persuade people to buy medical gum.
aspartame （阿斯巴甜），a chemical sweetener that the US government is now deciding whether or not it is
B. clea ned gum un der her desk sometimes D. often found chewed gum in her locker B. It is the cause of many kinds of cancer. D. It is the main in gredie nt of chew ing gum. B. To criticize people who are lazy.
D. To make comme nts on the ban in Sin gapore.
Over the past several years, scientists have developed so-called “ camerpills that can be
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swallowed by patie nts and the n send video from withi n their bodies. While such non-digestible pills could serve as an inv aluable means of imag in g, researchers at Carn egie Mello n Un iversity are now looking into tiny electronic medical devices that not only could be swallowed but also partially digested.
The research project is being led by professors Christopher Bett in ger and Jay Whitacre. Bett in ger has bee n worki ng on biodegradable (可生物降解的) electr onics for medical use, while Whitacre has developed an in expe nsive battery which is safe to eat.
“I had claimed my battery was so harmless that you could eat,i\“Chris came into my office and asked me whether I could really eat it. The answer is yes and the rest is history my eatable battery and his need for low level power in a digstible form were a great match.
The con cept invo Ives hav ing simple electr onic devices powered by the batteries. These devices would be folded down and put into a capsule and the capsule could be taken daily like regular medication, and the devices would stay within the patient digestive system for about 22 to 24 hours (just like food)
although their function al lifetime would be one to two hours. Fi nally, the various comp onents would either be digested or passed into the toilet ------------------------------------------------- so no, no thi ng would be re-used.
This is a big step in history, and it ope ns up a lot of differe nt applicati ons in powered eatable
electronics. The two scientists are now ready to take the next step. There is a big future in eatable devices because most patients are comfortable with swallowing a pill. The key is to make the materials safe, which the scientists have done.
32. What kind of achieveme nt have the two scie ntists made?
A. They have inven ted a new kind of camera. B. They have made partly digestible devices.
C. They have produced expe nsive medical devices.
D. They have become millionaires by selling the cameras.
33. What do we know about the eatable electr onic medical devices?
A. The battery of them can be re-used. B. They are harmful to the human body.
C. They would stay in the body for almost a day. D. They function 22 to 24 hours in the huma n body. 34. The text is mainly about _______________ .
A. the adva need tech no logy is amaz ing
B. eatable electronic medical devices are coming
C. two great scie ntists have made great con tributio ns D. medical treatment in the United States is wonderful 35. The purpose of the text is ______________ .
A. to inform B. to en tertai n C. to educate D. to advertise 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。
What do they really mean?
brought out a new report.
According to the report, shoppers believe food labels标签）because they think there are strict regulati
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Food manufacturers and retailers are letting shoppers down. This is the view of the CWS, which has just
ons in place. 36 So the food in dustry can get away with all sorts of tricky strategies to make products look bigger and sound better tha n they are.
The report has identified the different ways in which shoppers are misled. _ 37 ___________
Descripti ons on packag ing are sometimes in accurate in an attempt to oversell the product. One example rather tha n in dividual slices.
38 These in clude \hides the fact that it contains 10% fat, which above recomme nded levels. Phrases such as \preservatives\small print. 39 make the product look bigger. 40 However, misleadi ng messageso n packagi ng could soon be a thing of the past. The CWS rece ntly produced a code which, if used, would end the curre nt in accuracies and half-truths. It has called on the gover nment to support it as a way of impro ving food sta ndards. A. Meanin gless adjectives are ofte n used to give a positive message. B. An officer says the labels will receive very serious consideration. C. Photographs are sometimes retouche修饰）to achieve the same effect. D. By contrast, the hard sell 强虽行推销）information is given emphasis. E. The rules are, in reality, very weak at present. F. This result has not pleased the food in dustry. G The most com mon of these is poor labeli ng. 第三部分英语知识运用（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）
I was in vited to atte nd a prese ntati on at the Ken tucky School. That eve ning I found gratitude had amazing _41 _______ to change our attitude and our life.
His 43 dan ced across the keys as he made beautiful music. He the n bega n to sing as he played, and it waswon derful. But what shocked me most was his44 smile. Patrick was born with no eyes and an illness in the legs, which 45 him disabled for life. However, as a child, he was 46 with artificial eyes and placed in a wheelchair. Before his first 47 , he discovered the piano. When his mom hit any note on the piano, and within one or two 48 , he ' d get it. By his second birthday, he was playing Little
His father was extremely 49 .
“ We might not play baseball, but we can play music together.
classes with him. He
When Patrick was at the University of Louisville, his father 50 “ Twinkle, Twinkle,
given in the report is the phrase \
Labels have a wide variety of text sizes on them. You sometimes need a magnifying glass to read the
Another deliberate type of misinformation lies in the image. Many pictures on packets use small plates to
The young musicia n Mr. Patrick was 42 onto the stage in his wheelchair and bega n to play the pia no. was also a part of the 214-member marchi ng band! He was a bli nd, wheelchair-bo und trumpet
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2017届高三中心组模拟试题(二)
