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2018
届广州市高三年级调研测试
英
语
A
Metropolis Book Club
Membership:
All
you need to do is to fill out the order form at
the bottom of the page, select your first order
from our
book list and then post the
completed form back to us.
Special
offers for new members:
?
As a special offer, you may choose any
reduce-
price books from our new
members’ book list, to
the value of 100
yuan
in total.
?
Tick the box on
your form to order a free watch.
?
Join before the
end of this month and you receive another free
book carefully chosen by our staff.
?
Order an audio-
book from the many on offer, at half the
recommended retail price.
When you’ve joined:
As a member you get around 50% off the
publisher’s price of every book you buy, and
what’s more,
they come straight to your
door. Your free club magazine arrives once a month
to keep you up to date with
the latest
best-
sellers we’ve added to our list.
On the Internet, you can find all our titles for
the year at our
exclusive members’
website. Our website also has a book swap service
wher
e members can request or offer
books for exchange.
Being a member:
All you have
to do is order four books during your first years.
After that, you can decide on the number
of books you wish to take.
In each of your monthly club magazines,
our experienced
staff choose a “Book of
the Month” for you,
which is offered at
an extra-special price. If you do not want this
book, just say so in the space provided on
the form and send it back to us. We
always send the book if we do not receive this
form.
Once we receive your order, your
books are delivered within one week. And remember,
you have up to
a fortnight to decide if
you wish to keep the books you have ordered. If
they aren’t what you expected just
send
them back!
21. How can you
become a member of the Metropolis Book Club?
A. By ordering a watch free of charge
B. By sending the advertisement to the
club
C. By choosing books with special
prices
D. By returning the completed
order form
22. What information does
the monthly magazine give members?
A.
The percentage saved on each book
B.
The names of all the books sold by the club
C. The list of the newest books
available to buy
D. The books that can
be swapped by club members
23. What can
we infer from the last part of the passage?
A. At least four books should be bought
each year
B. Members can look at the
books before they buy them
C. Members
need to buy the
“Book of the
Month”
D. The more books
bought, the higher the member’s grade
1
B
Paloma sat at a computer in the school
library. She stared at the blank screen and the
blinking cursor.
She rummaged around in
her backpack for a rubber band, and then she
pulled her hair into a thick pony tail.
Paloma looked at the computer screen.
It was still blank. She sighed and flipped through
her notebook to
reread the
assignment Mr.
Molina had
given the
class three weeks
ago.
It was due in
just two
days, and
Paloma knew that she
couldn
’
t procrastinate any
longer.
Write a creative short story
using an experience that you have bad recently,
Paloma read Your story
should include
two examples of figurative language.
Paloma and her family had recently
taken a trip along North
Carolina
’
s coast. They had
visited four
different
lighthouses,
and Paloma
wondered what
it would be like to
live in
a lighthouse. She
knew that
before
lighthouses
were
automated,
they
were
run
by
a
lighthouse
keeper
who
lived
on
the
premises.
Paloma thought
she
’
d love to be a
lighthouse keeper. Without thinking about it any
longer, Paloma began to
write the
story.
I sat with my cat
Sadie curled on my lap and looked at the window at
the crashing waves. The heavy
rain
beat
against
my
lighthouse
like
a
thousand
footsteps
racing
up and
down the
walls.
I
held
Sadie
closer, and she
let out a small meow of still acting normally. I
had read that animals cad sense changes in
weather and will seek shelter from a
tornado or hurricane.
I was relying on
Sadie’
s calmness to get me
through my first hurricane on the
island.
I knew that my lighthouse was
sturdily built. It had
survived more
than one hundred years’ worth of
hurricanes and tropical storms.
There was no reason to believe that it
couldn’t survive another.
I looked
up at the staircase that spiraled above
me and worried as I felt the tower sway slightly
in a gust of wind.
Paloma
stopped and reread what she had just written. She
smiled to herself in delight, saved her story,
and then settled into her chair to
continue writing. She wasn
’
t
sure what was going to happen next, but she
knew that if she kept going, the story
would continue to tell itself Paloma
couldn
’t wait to find out where it
would take her.
is Paloma feeling anxious at the beginning of the
passage?
hasn
’
t
much time left to do her writing task.
doesn
’
t know the details of
her writing task.
has completely
forgotten about her writing task.
doesn
’
t know what is wrong
with her computer.
25. What is the
inspiration for Paloma
’
s
story idea?
A. Her cat.
B. Her teacher.
C.
Her trip.
D. Her dream.
26. In Paloma
’
s
story how does the lighthouse keeper decide if the
storm is dangerous?
A. By listening to
the weather report.
B. By watching the
crashing waves.
C. By observing the
cat
’
s behaviour.
D. By measuring the movement of the
lighthouse.
27.
As
described
in
the
final
paragraph,
how
does
Paloma
feel
after
she
has
written
the
first
part
of
her
story?
A.
Confused.
B. Excited.
C. Relieved.
D. Determined.
2
C
For many years, Bruce Bexler dreamed of
going where no human had gone before. He wanted to
cut a
path through unexplored lands and
discover rare, exotic species.
That
might sound like an impossible dream, but Bexler
turned it into a reality.
In
December
2015,
he
and
a
team
of
Australian
and
American
scientists
ventured
into
an
isolated
tropical rain
forest on the island of New Guinea. They were the
first people ever to enter the mist-covered
region.
“
As time
was limited, we were dropped in by helicopter.
Once we were on the ground, there were no
trails anywhere; it was really hard to
get around,
”
Bexler says.
Within minutes of leading, the team
spotted a black chicken-like bird with strange
orange skin hanging
from its neck. The
scientists soon determined that the unusual
creature was a type of honeyeater--the first
new bird species to be sighted on New
Guinea in 60 years.
The honeyeater
wasn
’
t the only surprise for
the scientists. They discovered more than 40
previously
unknown plant and animal
species
—
13 birds of
paradise, 20 frogs, four butterflies, and
five palms.
“
We
were like kids in a candy
store,
”
Bexler recalls.
“
Everywhere we looked, we
saw amazing things we had
never seen
before.
”
The
newfound
species
didn
’
t
shy
away
from
the
scientists.
Two
long-nosed
ec
hidnas
—
primitive
egg-laying
mammals
—
let the visitors
pick them up and take them back to camp to study
them. An echidna
looks like a hedgehog
and it also called a spiny anteater.
Bexler thinks the animals
weren
’
t scared because they
had never seen humans before.
“
In almost all
parts of New Guinea, animals are hunted
for food, and because of this, they are very
cautious of people,
”
he
explains.
“
This
area gives scientists a place where they can go to
study the behaviours of animals that have
not yet learned to be afraid of
people.
”
Scientists believe the area is probably
the largest untouched forest in Asia. Local people
called Kwerba
hunt and collect plants
from the outer-edges of the forest but told Bexler
that not even their ancestors had
gone
so far into the woods. The wooded area is
approximately a 10-day walk from the nearest
village.
Bexler and his team did not
have enough time during the expedition to study
the area completely. They
hope
to
return
and
expect
to
record
many
more
undiscovered
species.
“
We
just
scratched
the
surface,
”
Bexler says.
“
Anyone who goes there will
come back with a mystery.
”
28. Which word best describes Bruce
Bexler?
A. Adventurous.
B. Cautious.
C.
Optimistic.
D. Thorough.
29.
What does Bruce Bexler mean in paragraph 5 when he
says the scientists
“
were
like kids in a candy
store
”
?
A. They didn
’
t
have enough food and were hungry.
B.
They were very excited about what they saw.
C. They were misbehaving like naughty
children.
D. They knew that if they
kept searching, they
’
d find
sugar.
30. Why did some of the animals
allow the scientists to pick them up?
A. The scientists seemed to be very
friendly.
B. The scientists were
skilled in handing animals.
C. The
animals had been well-trained by the local people.
D. The animals had no experience or
fear of people.
31. What can we
conclude about the area Bruce Bexler explored?
A. The best way to explore the area is
by helicopter.
B. The area has not been
visited by scientists for many years.
C. The area still contains many plants
and animals unknown to science.
D. The
locals are unwilling to allow the scientists to
enter the deep woods.
3
D
Petrol and
diesel cars may still dominate our roads, but
their days are numbered. A recent university
study
found
that
current
electric
cars
could
be
used
for
87
per
cent
of
daily
car
journey
in
the
US.
That
figure could rise to 98
per cent by 2020.
One hurdle
to the widespread adoption of electric
cars has been “range
anxiety”
-----
drivers’
concerns
about running out of juice on
a journey. While petrol stations are conveniently
located across national road
systems,
the
necessary
network
of
electric
charging
stations
is
still
being
developed.
That
said,
charging
points are becoming
increasingly common throughout the USA.
Attitudes towards electric vehicles
have changed quite considerably over the last few
years. Not that
long ago, electric cars
were met with distrust, and their large price tags
drove customers away. Thanks to
improvements
in
battery
capacity,
recharging
times,
performance
and
price,
the
current
generation
of
electric cars are
starting to persuade critics. Plug-in cars will
soon give internal combustion engine models a
run for their money.
As well
as advancements on the road, electric vehicles are
taking to the seas and skies. Electric boats
are among the oldest methods of
electric travel, having enjoyed several decades of
popularity from the late
19
th
to the early
20
th
century before petrol-
powered outboard motors took over. Now, the global
drive for
renewable
energy
sources
is
bringing
electric
boats
back.
Steps
towards
electric
air
travel
are
also
being
made,
with Airbus and NASA among the organizations
developing and testing battery powered planes. The
experiments could soon make commercial
electric flight a reality.
Electric
vehicles do not produce any emissions.
Were the US to act on the study’s
findings and replace
87
percent
of
its
cars
with
electric
vehicles,
it
would
reduce
the
national
demand
for
petrol
by
61
per
cent .However, because of the
production processes and the generation of
electricity required to charge these
vehicles,
they
cannot
claim
to
be
completely
emission-free.
That
said,
as
many
countries
continue
to
increase their use of
renewable energy sources, electric vehicles will
become even cleaner.
32.
Which is the best title for this passage?
A. My Dream Car
B. History of
Electric Cars
C. Problems with Petrol
Cars
D. Driving into the
Future
33.
As used in
Paragraph2 ,the underlined word
“hurdle”
means ________.
A.
aim
B. barrier
C. consequence
D. step
the past, why did
many people refuse to buy the electric cars?
A. They were not good value.
B. They were very poorly
made.
C. They were not widely promoted.
D.
They couldn’t
travel at a high speed.
35.
What is the function of Paragraph 4?
A.
To introduce the history of electric travel.
B. To explain why the world needs more
electric cars.
C. To show why more
people have interest in electric cars
D. To describe different ways electric
vehicles can be used
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