广东省中山市华侨中学2016届高三5月高考模拟试卷
英语
本试卷共10页，三部分，满分120分。考试用时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将自己的姓名和考生号、试室号、座位号填写在答题卡的卷头上。
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的答案标号涂黑，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。
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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。
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A recent survey has shown that the number of people in the United Kingdom who do not intend to get internet access has risen. These people, who are known as 'net refuseniks', make up 44% of UK households, or 11.2 million people in total.
The research also showed that more than 70 percent of these people said that they were not interested in getting connected to the internet. This number has risen from just over 50% in 2005, with most giving lack of computer skills as a reason for not getting internet access, though some also said it was because of the cost.
More and more people are getting broadband and high speed net is available almost everywhere in the UK, but there are still a significant number of people who refuse to take the first step.
The cost of getting online is going down and internet speeds are increasing, so many see the main challenge to be explaining the relevance of the internet to this group. This would encourage them to get connected before they are left too far behind. The gap between those who have access to and use the internet is the digital divide, and if the gap continues to widen, those without access will get left behind and miss out on many opportunities, especially in their careers.
1. Which is not the reason why more people do not intend to get internet access than before?
A. Because they are not interested in getting connected to the internet. B. Because they can not get internet access. C. Because of the cost.
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D. Because of lack of computer skills. 2. Which of the statement is true?
A. Not having access to the internet will only affect people's careers. B. Not having access to the internet will affect people in many aspects. C. Not having access to the internet will not affect people’s life. D. No people refuse to get connected to the internet. 3. The best title of the passage should be .
A. The Digital Divide in the UK. B. High Speed Net in the UK
C. The increasing internet access in the UK D. The cost of the Net in the UK
B
The Man Booker Prize
The Man Booker Prize for Fiction is awarded every year for a novel written by a writer from the Commonwealth or the Republic of Ireland and it aims to represent the very best in contemporary fiction. The prize was originally called the Booker-McConnell Prize, which was the name of the company that sponsored it, though it was better-known as simply the ‘Booker Prize’. In 2002, the Man Group became the sponsor and they chose the new name, keeping ‘Booker’.
Publishers can submit books for consideration for the prize, but the judges can also ask for books to be submitted they think should be included. Firstly, the Advisory Committee give advice if there have been any changes to the rules for the prize and selects the people who will judge the books. The judging panel changes every year and usually a person is only a judge once.
Great efforts are made to ensure that the judging panel is balanced in terms of gender and professions within the industry, so that a writer, a critic, an editor and an academic are chosen along with a well-known person from wider society. However, when the panel of judges has been finalized, they are left to make their own decisions without any further involvement or interference from the prize sponsor.
The Man Booker judges include critics, writers and academics to maintain the consistent quality of the prize and its influence is such that the winner will almost certainly see the sales increase considerably , in addition to the ￡50,000 that comes with the prize.
4. When the Man Group became the sponsor, they .
A. were forced to keep the name 'Booker'. B. decided to include the name 'Booker'. C. decided to keep the name 'Booker-McConnell'. D. decided to use only the name 'Booker'. 5. Who advises on changes to the rules?
A. The sponsors B. The judging panel C. the Advisory Committee D. Publishers
6. The judging panel .
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A. doesn't include women. B. includes only women.
C. is only chosen from representatives of the industry. D. includes someone from outside the industry. 7. The consistent quality of the prize .
A. is guaranteed by the prize money.
B. is guaranteed by the gender of the judges.
C. is guaranteed by the make-up of the panel of judges. D. is guaranteed by the increase in sales of the winner.
C
The majority of people in Scotland are in favour breaking away from the rest of the UK and becoming independent, according to a poll（民意测评） taken just before the 300th anniversary of the Act of Union, which united Scotland and England.
A pair of Acts of Parliament, passed in 1706 and 1707 that came into effect on May 1, 1707, created Great Britain. The parliaments（议会） of both countries were dissolved, and replaced by a new Parliament of Great Britain in Westminster, London.
The poll showed support for independence for Scotland is running at 51%. This is the first time since 1998 that support for separation has passed 50%, and the first time since devolution（中央全力下放） gave power to the country in 1999. Six months before elections for the Scottish Parliament, these poll results come as good news to the Scottish Nationalist Party, who are hoping to make progress against Labour and further the cause of an independent Scotland.
Many people have become disillusioned(幻想破灭的) with devolution, and believe that the Scottish Parliament has failed to deliver what they had hoped it would; only a tenth have no opinion. In fact, only 39% of those polled want to keep things as they are.
8. Which of the following statements is true?
A . Scotland and England have always been united. B. Scotland and England want to break up the union. C. Scotland and England have been united for a long time. D. Scotland and England were united by war. 9. Great Britain was formed by .
A. an Act of Parliament in 1706. B. two Acts of Parliament in 1707.
C. an Act of Parliament that came into effect on May 1, 1707. D. Acts of Parliament that came into effect on May 1, 1707. 10. What does the underlined word “dissolved” in Paragraph 2 mean?
A. developed.
B. formed.
C. ended.
D.combined.
11. The number of people who want to keep things as they are .
A. is greater than those who don't know. B. is smaller than those who don't know. C. is increasing. D. is the majority.
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D
Before the grass has thickened on the roadside verges(边缘) and leaves have started growing on the trees is a perfect time to look around and see just how dirty Britain has become. The pavements are stained（污染） with chewing gum that has been spat out and the gutters（排水沟） are full of discarded fast food cartons（纸板箱）. Years ago I remember travelling abroad and being saddened by the plastic bags, discarded bottles and soiled nappies at the edge of every road. Nowadays, Britain seems to look at least as bad. What has gone wrong?
The problem is that the rubbish created by our increasingly mobile lives lasts a lot longer than before. If it is not cleared up and properly thrown away, it stays in the undergrowth for years; a semi-permanent（半永久性的）reminder of what a tatty（不整洁的） little country we have now.
Firstly, it is estimated that 10 billion plastic bags have been given to shoppers. These will take anything from 100 to 1,000 years to rot. However, it is not as if there is no solution to this. A few years ago, the Irish government introduced a tax on non-recyclable carrier bags and in three months reduced their use by 90%. When he was a minister, Michael Meacher attempted to introduce a similar arrangement in Britain. The plastics industry protested, of course. However, they need not have bothered; the idea was killed before it could draw breath, leaving supermarkets free to give away plastic bags.
What is clearly necessary right now is some sort of combined initiative（首创精神）, both individual and collective(集体), before it is too late. The alternative is to continue sliding downhill until we have a country that looks like a vast municipal rubbish tip. We may well be at the tipping point. Yet we know that people respond to their environment. If things around them are clean and tidy, people behave cleanly and tidily. If they are surrounded by squalor（肮脏的）, they behave squalidly. Now, much of Britain looks pretty squalid（卑劣的）. What will it look like in five years?
12. According to the writer, things used to be .
A. bad abroad. B. good abroad. C. better abroad.
D. worse, but now things are better abroad. 13. When Michael Meacher was a minister, he .
A. followed the Irish example with a tax on plastic bags. B. tried to follow the Irish example with a tax on plastic bags.
C. made no attempt to follow the Irish example with a tax on plastic bags. D. had problems with the plastics industry who weren't bothered about the tax. 14. The writer thinks .
A. it is too late to do anything to solve the problem. B. we are at the tipping point to solve the problem. C. there is no alternative to solve the problem.
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D. we need to work together to solve the problem. 15. What can be inferred from the writer’s opinion?
A. people are squalid and they behave squalidly. B. people behave according to what they see around them. C. people are clean and tidy and behave cleanly and tidily. D. people are like a vast municipal rubbish tip.
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。
How To Choose A College That's Right For You
There are many schools out there to choose from — some known and some less known, all worthy of your attention. 16
1. Start with who you are and why you are going.
17 Why, really, are you going? What are your abilities and strengths? What are your weaknesses?
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Think about the people in your life who are happy and successful and find out where (and if) they went to college. Ask the same about famous people. You will likely find that success in life has less to do with the choice of college.
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If you make the assumption that you cannot afford college based on the sticker price of tuition, you will miss out. It is difficult to talk about money, but if you investigate all the options and ask for help and advice, you will find affordable choices.
4. The most important factor in choosing a college is fit.
Choosing a college because your friends are going there or because of where it ranks on a list does not take into account who you are and who you will become. 20 Finding a good fit requires time and thoughtfulness.
A. You don t have to go to college right away, and it s never too late. B. College is a match to be made, not a prize to be won. C. You can afford to go to college.
D. You need to examine yourself and your reasons for going to college before you start your search.
E. A name-brand college will not guarantee your success.
F. Size matters: Your college does not have to be bigger than your high school. G. Here's some advice for trying to find the school that works for you.
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广东省中山市华侨中学2016届高三英语5月模拟考试试题（新）
