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2018年汕头市普通高考第二次模拟考试试题
英 语
本试卷共三部分，共8页，满分135分(120分×1.125)。考试时间120分钟。
注意事项： 1．本试卷分第Ⅰ卷（选择题）和第Ⅱ卷（非选择题）两部分。答卷前，考生务必将自
己的姓名、考生号、考场号和座位号填写在答题卡上。因测试不考听力，第Ⅰ卷从第二部分的“阅读理解”开始，试题序号从“21”开始。
2．回答第Ⅰ卷时，选出每小题答案后，用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，再选涂其它答案标号，写在本试卷上无效。 3．回答第Ⅱ卷时，将答案写在答题卡上。写在本试卷上无效。 4．考试结束后，将本试卷和答题卡一并交回。
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)
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。
A
Bill’s laptop stopped working. He looked in the phone book under Computer Repair. He called a repair place near his apartment. Byron answered the phone. Bill said, “My laptop has crashed. Can you retrieve the files? If so, how much will it cost?” Byron said, “I charge $125 an hour. I can probably retrieve the files in an hour. If I can’t, I will call you.”
The conversation lasted a few more minutes. Bill was impressed. Byron was very polite. He seemed friendly. He seemed trustworthy. A little later, Bill took his computer to Byron’s office. Byron’s wife was his secretary. She was very friendly. All three talked about Bill’s computer, the weather, the Yankees, and the “good old days.” “They’re a really nice couple,” Bill thought as he left Byron’s office. “I think I have two new friends.”
The next morning, Bill called Byron. “How’s it going?” Bill asked.
“It’s coming along.” said Byron, “Your files are a real mess. I’ve spent 3.5 hours on your computer, but I haven’t retrieved everything.”
“Excuse me?” Bill said, “What do you mean, 3.5 hours!? How much money is that? That’s $375!” Byron said, “Well, actually, it’s $437.50.”
“$437.50!?” said Bill, “Is this a joke? I can buy a brand new computer for $437.50! You’re pulling my leg, right? We agreed to one hour. Then you were supposed to call me. Why didn’t you call me?”
“It was late at night,” Byron said, “I didn’t want to wake you. Look, it sounds like you’re upset. I’ll
take you off the clock right now. I’ll retrieve all your files, but just charge you for the first 3.5 hours. I still have about two hours to go. You’ll be getting those two hours for free. That’ll save you $250! How’s that for a deal?”
21. How did Bill feel about the couple when he met them?
A. open
B. talkative
C. cold
D. kind
22. Why didn’t Byron call Bill?
A. He wanted to earn more money. C. He forgot Bill’s phone number. A. $ 375
B. $ 250
B. He didn’t want to disturb him. D. He thought it was unnecessary. C. $437.5 B
The high-profile case of a caregiver accused of killing an elderly woman in Guangdong province has exposed a management lapse (过失) in the senior care market, according to experts.
He Tiandai, 45, admitted killing a 70-year-old woman she was taking care of by placing sleeping pills and chemicals in her soup. At a trial that started last week in Guangzhou, the capital of Guangdong, she said she killed her employer because she wanted to get her monthly pay in advance. She said the employer’s daughter-in-law, surnamed Liang, had promised to pay her monthly salary even if the elderly woman died before the end of a month. The caregiver also claimed to have killed another nine elderly people between June 2018 and December last year while looking after them separately. But she was not charged by prosecutors (公诉人) due to a lack of evidence.
Guangzhou Intermediate People’s Court heard the case on Wednesday and has yet to give a verdict(裁决).
Zhang Yiri, an associate professor of law at Guangzhou City Polytechnic, said the case indicates a lack of government supervision and management of agencies handling caregivers. “Many agencies hire them without any background checks. All they ask for is identity cards before they recommend them to local households,” Zhang said.
Ma Xiaoyan, a lawyer at the Guangdong Code Law Firm, said companies recruiting caregivers should check the backgrounds of potential hires and their employment records. Ma urged such companies to work with public security departments and send information on caregivers to police for regular checks.
24. Why did He Tiandai kill the old woman?
23. How much should Bill have paid for Byron?
D. $687.5
A. She hated the old woman. C. She was accused of killing. A. 1
B. 2
B. She wanted to get her money beforehand. D. She was mad. C. 9
D. 10
25. How many people have been killed by He?
26. According to Zhang Yiri, government should _____________.
A. punish the company which hires He Tiandai B. set up laws to protect the old
C. oversee and manage the senior care market D. check the background of the caregivers
27. What did Ma Xiaoyan suggest?
A. Agencies handling caregivers should cooperate with the police for checking the caregivers regularly. B. Agencies handling caregivers should monitor the caregivers regularly.
C. Agencies handling caregivers should keep the caregivers’ identity cards for regular checks. D. Agencies handling caregivers should send information on caregivers to the owners.
C
Idema, a Dutch Sinologist (汉学家), has served as the director of the Chinese Languages and Cultures Department at Leiden University of the Netherlands and was also director of Harvard’s Fairbank Center for East Asian Research. He has studied ancient Chinese plays, novels and literature, and has authored or translated a number of influential books published in English and other languages.
The 70-year-old Dutch Sinologist recalled his half-century-long romance with Chinese culture during a recent visit to Beijing. As a child, the vivid descriptions of China in Nobel and Pulitzer Prize-winner Pearl S. Buck’s books sparked Idema’s interest in the country. He later read classic Chinese literature and spent whole days pouring through works at the National Library of China.
While many other experts on China focused on the country’s economic transformation, Idema continued to study traditional Chinese literature. “There were scholars studying law, religion and society, but not traditional Chinese literature, which was my personal interest,” Idema explains.
Finding reference books for his research, especially regional publications, used to be a huge challenge, and Idema used to spend a lot of time collecting books and other materials during visits to China. Now it is much more convenient with the Internet.
Idema usually chooses less-known subjects for his research and tries to get firsthand materials. In recent years, he has devoted himself to translating Chinese folk tales and writing about Chinese folk society and folk culture.
“Traditional Chinese culture is a passion. I have been studying it for 50 years and will continue to do so,” says the retired professor.
28. Which of the following word is closest in meaning to “sparked” in the second paragraph?
A. surprised
B. decreased
C. aroused
D. glittered
29. Why didn’t Idema focus on the same as the other experts?
A. For his own purpose.
B. For his own hobby. D. For his own character. C. determined
D. intelligent
C. For his own uniqueness. A. crazy
30. How can we describe Idema?
B. warm-hearted
31. What is the best title of the passage?
A. The life of Idema
B. A passion for Chinese culture
C. Idema’s visit to China
D. The personal interest D
Failing in something isn’t a really nice feeling, but Scotland’s Fettes College in Edinburgh wants to show its students that failure isn’t something to fear and is actually something to accept willingly!
The boarding school held “failure week” this week to celebrate taking risks and learning from them. Whether in sports or school, children often face lots of pressure to succeed and do well, and the school was becoming concerned.
“Young people from all walks of life live in a high-pressure environment where they are trying very hard to achieve a level of perfection,” said Sue Bruce, head of personal and social education at the school.
“This week at Fettes we have been focusing on one of the most misunderstood parts of success: failure. While we are often scared of failure, it is important to learn that it is only through failing, often many times, that we learn how to succeed. All through the week, we have looked at the experiences of some of the most successful inventors, artists and businessmen, who failed hundreds, if not thousands, of times in their journey to success,” read a letter on Fettes College’s website.
To celebrate failure, students were encouraged to try something they’ve never done before, like playing an instrument or dancing in front of audiences. A number of students stepped up and tried things that they finally failed in, but they had fun and enjoyed the experience. “The concert was extremely enjoyable, proving that we should always try not to worry about failure and have a go!” read another note on the website. Students were also taught about famous people like J.K. Rowling and Richard Branson who failed many times before they finished what they set out to do.
“If they let the fear of failure stop them from doing something, they are actually stopping themselves from learning, developing, and potentially succeeding,” said Bruce.
32. Why did the school hold “failure week”?
A. To celebrate failure. B. To encourage students to risk.
D. To celebrate learning from trying something new B. share their failure with others D. learn something about famous people
C. To make students defeat failure. A. hold a concert
33. To celebrate “failure week”, students can ________.
C. do things they’ve hardly done A. Almost no one can avoid failure. B. All know that failure is part of success.
C. Children only face lots of pressure to succeed in school. D. Students feel ashamed of dancing in front of audiences. A. To show students’ interest in failure.
34. What can we learn from the passage?
35. What’s the purpose of this text?
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