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2017
年广州市普通高中毕业班综合测试（一）
英
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2017. 3
第Ⅰ卷
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A
Inside the Rain Room
The Rain Room has arrived and local art
lovers are taking notice. Is it worth the wait?
Yes,
I
assure
you
it
is.
Once
inside,
visitors
find
a
long,
dark
room
with
a
high
ceiling.
A
single
bright
light
shines
through
heavy
rain
falling
around
visitors.
The
mist.
The
damp
air.
The
noise. It feels like a mighty storm is
pouring down. But the storm is inside. And
visitors aren
’
t
getting wet. Instead, visitors wander
in awe, admiring the rain and the artists who
created it.
The
Rain
Room
was
created
to
highlight
the
connection
between
humans,
nature
and
technology. With a
tracking system that senses movement and stops the
rain wherever visitors
move,
it
does
just
that.
Light
and
sound
produce
an
experience
that
feels
both
natural
and
foreign. The exhibit is moving on to
Atlanta next month. I urge you to visit before
then. It
’
s
time
to experience the Rain Room for yourself!
Welcome to the Rain Room
●
The Rain Room features falling water.
Please be aware you may get slightly wet.
However,
visitors wearing raincoats will be turned away.
●
This exhibit features advanced
technology. To ensure its effectiveness, please
avoid
wearing
dark or reflective clothing.
●
Visitors are welcome to take
photographs of the exhibit.
●
Children must
be accompanied by an adult.
●
For the
convenience of all guests, visits are limited to
10 minutes.
21.
What
’s
the purpose of the
text?
A. To attract visitors to a new
art exhibit.
B. To explain how an exhibit has been
created.
C. To describe the
technology used in the exhibit
D. To
promote the artists taking part in an exhibit.
22.
What
’
s the function of the
exhibit
’
s tracking system?
A. To keep visitors from getting wet.
B.
To protect the exhibit from water damage.
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C.
To time how long visitors are in the room.
D. To count the number of visitors in
the room.
23. What must you
do when visiting the Rain Room?
A. Wear
a raincoat.
B. Wear dark
clothing.
C. Leave your
camera outside
D. Pass through
within 10 minutes
B
Dujiangyan
is
the
oldest
man-made
water
system
in
the
world,
and
a
wonder
in
the
development of Chinese
science. Built over 2,200 years ago in what is now
Sichuan Province
in Southwest China,
this amazing engineering achievement is still used
today to irrigate over
6,000 square
kilometres of farmland, take away floodwater and
provide water for 50 cities in
the
province.
In ancient times,
the region in which Dujiangyan now stands suffered
from regular floods
caused by overflow
from the Minjiang River. To help the victims of
the flooding, Li Bing, the
region
’
s
governor, together with his son, decided to find a
solution. They studied the problem
and
discovered that the river most often overflowed
when winter snow at the top of the nearby
Mount Yulei began to melt as the
weather warmed.
The
simplest fix was to build a dam, but this would
have mined the Minjiang River. So
instead Li designed a series of
channels built at different levels along Mount
Yulei that would
take away the
floodwater while leaving the river flowing
naturally. Better still, the extra water
could be directed to the dry Chengdu
Plain, making it suitable for farming.
Cutting the channels through the hard
rock of Mount Yulei was a remarkable accomplish-
ment
as
it
was
done long
before
the
invention
of
gunpowder
and
explosives.
Li
Bing
found
another solution. He used a combination
of fire and water to heat and cool the rocks until
they
cracked and could be removed.
After eight
years of work, the 2-metre-
wide canals had been
carved through the
mountain.
Once the system
was finished, no more floods occurred and the
people were able to live
peacefully and
affluently. Today,
Dujiangyan is
admired by scientists
from
around the world
because
of
one
feature.
Unlike
modern
dams
where
the
water
is
blocked
with
a
huge
wall,
Dujiangyan still lets
water flow through the Minjiang River naturally,
enabling ecosystems and
fish
populations to exist in harmony.
24. What are the benefits
of Dujiangyan according to the first paragraph?
A. Reducing flooding and watering
farmland.
B. Protecting the mountain
and reducing flooding.
C. Watering
farmland and improving water quality.
D.
Drying the river and supplying cities with water.
25. What was the main cause
of the Minjiang River
’
s
flooding?
A. Heavy rains.
B.
Melting snow.
C. Low river banks.
D.
Steep mountains.
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26.
How was Li Bing able to
break
。
through the rocks of
Mount Yulei?
A. By using gunpowder.
B. By flooding the rocks with water.
C. By applying a heating and cooling
technique.
D. By breaking
the rocks with hammers and spades.
27. Why is Dujiangyan greatly admired
by scientists today?
A. It
preserves much of the natural river life.
B. It took very
little time to complete the project.
C. The building techniques
used were very modern.
D. It has raised the living standards
of the local people
C
Bill
Gates
recently
predicted
that
online
learning
will
make
place-
based
colleges
less
significant,
and five years from now, students will be able to
find the best lectures in the world
online. I applaud Mr. Gates. But
what
’
s taking us so
long?
As early as 1997, MIT
(
麻省理工
) decided to post
videos of all university lectures online.
for free, for all people. But today,
how many students have you met who mastered
advanced
mathematics or nuclear
physics from
an MIT online
video? Unfortunately,
the
answer is
not
many.
The
problem
is
the
poor
quality
of
online
education
websites
and
the
experience
they
provide to students. Those who go to
the MIT website and watch courses online are
surely very
smart people, but
it
’
s not like playing a
video game such as
World of
Warcraft
. Only the most
ardent
students,
those
who
are
highly
motivated,
will
devote
themselves
to
studying
these
boring online videos.
The
real
question
is
why
we
aren
’
t
spending
more
to
develop
better
online
education
platforms.
Where
is
the
Avatar
of
education?
Think
about
this.
The
market
for
Hollywood
films per year is
worth around 30 billion USD. Education in the
world is a trillion-dollar-a-year
market,
hundreds
of
times
bigger
than
Hollywood
movies.
Yet
the
most
expensive
digital
learning system ever
built cost well under 100 million dollars.
Bill
Gates
’
prediction
is
going
to
happen.
There
is
no
doubt
about
it.
But
it
will
only
happen when we create
high level educational content and experiences
that engage and excite
more than has
ever been possible in the real world.
28. What has Bill Gates
forecast about online learning?
A. It
will concentrate on physics lectures.
B. It will completely
replace real universities.
C. It will help to make universities
more successful.
D. It will play an increasingly
important role in education.
29. What does the underlined word
“ardent”
in Paragraph 3
mean?
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A. Creative.
B. Enthusiastic.
C.
Well-behaved.
D.
Experienced
30. According to the
author, what is holding back the popularity of
online learning?
A. The lack of
lectures available online.
B. The high cost of access to the
websites.
C. The low
standard of educational websites.
D. The competition with online computer
games.
31. Why does the
author mention Hollywood?
A. To show
that Hollywood produces many successful movies
B. To prove that education is more
profitable than entertainment
C. To
argue that movie directors should produce
educational content
D. To urge that
more money be spent developing educational
websites.
D
Persuasion is the art of convincing
someone to agree with you. According to the
ancient
Greeks, there are three basic
tools of persuasion
：
ethos,
pathos, and logos.
Ethos is
a speaker
’
s way of
convincing the audience that she is trustworthy,
honest and
reliable. One common way a
speaker can develop ethos is by explaining how
much experience
or education she has in
the field. After all, you
’
re
more likely to listen to advice about how to
take
care
of
your
teeth
from
a
dentist
than
a
fireman.
A
speaker
can
also
create
ethos
by
convincing the audience that she is a
good person. If an audience cannot trust you, you
will not
be able to persuade them.
Pathos
is
a
speaker
’
s
way
of
connecting
with
an
audience
’
s
emotions.
For
example,
a
politician who is trying to convince an
audience to vote for him might say that he alone
can
save the country from a terrible
war. These words are intended to fill the audience
with fear,
thus making them support
him. Similarly, an animal charity might show an
audience pictures of
injured dogs and
cats, to make the viewers feel
pity
。
If the audience feels
bad for the animals,
they will be more
likely to donate money.
Logos
is
the
use
of
facts,
statistics,
or
other
evidence
to
support
your
argument.
An
audience will be more likely to believe
you if you have convincing data to back up your
claims.
Presenting this evidence is
much more persuasive than simply saying
“believe me”
.
Although ethos, pathos, and logos all
have their strengths, they are often most
effective
when
used
together.
Indeed,
most
speakers use
a combination of
ethos,
pathos, and logos
to
persuade their audiences.
So, the next time you listen to a speech, watch a
commercial, or listen
to a friend try
to convince you to lend him some money, be on the
lookout for these ancient
Greek tools
of persuasion.
32. Why does the author say persuasion
is an art?
A. They both entertain the
audience.
B. They both
require great skill to achieve.
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C.
They both demand full attention from the audience.
D. They were both common
topics of ancient Greek writers.
33. How is a speaker able to show her
ethos to the audience?
A. By expressing
her sympathy with the audience
B. By
telling the audience about her personal
preference.
C. By using
beautiful language to make her statements
attractive.
D. By showing
her knowledge and experience relating to the
topic.
34. What can we
learn about the three aspects of persuasion?
A. Ethos is the most important aspect
of persuasion.
B. Each
aspect has a different effect on the audience.
C. Honesty is the key to
making your arguments believable
D.
Political leaders mostly use pathos to persuade
their audience
35.
An
advertisement
for
washing
powder
which
claims
that
“scientific
tests
show
that
our
powder kills
95
％
of all
bacteria”
is mainly using
__________________.
A. ethos
B. pathos
C.
logos
D.
a combination of all three
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小题；每小题
2
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满分
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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。
We
’
ve
all
experienced
peer
pressure
(
同伴压力
).
It
happens
to
everybody.
However,
people have different reactions.
Confident people refuse to do things they
don
’
t want to do, but
shy
and
anxious
people
often
give
in.
It
may
be
because
they
want
to
be
liked.
It
may
be
because they worry that
their friends will make
fun of them, or
perhaps
they
’
re
just
curious
about trying
something new.
36
It
’
s hard being
the only one who says no and the question
is
：
how do you do it?
37
If
you
think
that
missing
maths,
or
smoking,
or
going
somewhere
you
know
your
parents
wouldn
’
t like is
a bad idea then the answer is simple
：
don
’
t do it.
It
’
s your decision. nobody
else
’
s. You
don
’
t need to be aggressive.
You don
’
t need to shout and
scream, but you must be
confident and
you must be firm. You need to say,
“No
thanks
. I don
’
t
want to do that.
”
Being on your own against everybody
else is very hard, so it can really help to have
at
least one other peer, or friend, who
will say no too.
38
You
want friends who will
support
you
when
you
’
re in
trouble.
You
don
’
t
want
people
who will always
agree with
the
majority. Remember, the most popular
people aren
’
t always the
most trustworthy.
39
You
can
learn
a
lot
from
people
your
own
age.
They
can
teach
you
great
football skills or the
best way to do your maths homework. They can
recommend music and
advise
you
on
fashion.
And
don
’
t
forget
you
can
tell
them
things
too,
and
that
always
feels
great. So, find friends who have
similar interests. And remember, friendship
isn
’
t about feeling
depressed and guilty.
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