2017-2018届广东省珠海一中等六校高三第二次联考英语试题 及答案

2017-2018届“六校联盟”第二次联合考试

英 语 试 题

命题学校：珠海市第一中学

本试卷共10页，三大题，满分135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上。用2B铅笔将试卷类型填涂在答题卡相应位置上。

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选项的答案信息点涂 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。

3. 非选择题必须用黑色字迹钢笔或签字笔作答，答案必须写在答题卡各题目指定区域内相应位置上；如需改动，先划掉原来的答案，然后再写上新的答案；不准使用铅笔和涂改液。不按以上要求作答的答案无

效。

Ⅰ 语言知识及应用 (共两节，满分45分)

第一节 完形填空 (共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分)

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从1~15各题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

Though giant pandas may appear perfectly happy

chewing bamboos, scientists recently discovered that

they would rather have something sweeter. Scientists

chose 1

because the animals are herbivores (食草动物), which

would mean that they would love sweets. However, the

plant they choose, the bamboos, has a very 2 sugar

content and is therefore not considered sweet. Could

this mean that pandas have 3 their hobby for sweet

things?

The pandas were given six kinds of sweet liquids that

are 4 found in fruits and vegetables. They were also

given 5 at the same time. In each of the taste tests,

the animals 6 the natural sweeter liquids and

ignored the water 7 . They ate up all the sweet

liquids and the water was left untouched.

What was even more interesting is that when the

scientists 8 the water with five different man-made

sweeteners, ones that humans find delicious, the pandas

were not as 9 . In these tests, they picked the water

instead. The scientists believe that it could be either

because pandas found them to be too 10 or not sweet

enough and that the mixture could not 11 the pandas.

The scientists were not too 12 by the results,

since pandas in zoos have always shown a preference for

treats like apples, sweet potatoes and even mooncakes.

Scientists believe that the pandas may have once 13

sweeter foods that were available in the lowland areas

that they used to live in. But when human settlement in

the lowland areas 14 them to the bamboo forests in

the mountains, they had no 15 but to settle for the

almost sugarless plants.

1. A. horses B. bears C. monkeys D. pandas

2. A. high B. simple C. low D. different

3. A. lost B. followed C. started D. kept

4. A. specially B. hardly C. naturally D. rarely

5. A. fruits B. water C. bamboos D. oxygen

6. A. picked B. hid C. rejected D. shared

7. A. largely B. gradually C. occasionally D. completely

8. A. mixed B. covered C. exchanged D. replaced

9. A. funny B. picky C. perfect D. interested

10. A. salty B. sweet C. sour D. hot

11. A. harm B. save C. attract D. change

12. A. delighted B. surprised C.

disappointed D. concerned

13. A. enjoyed B. disliked C. controlled D. ignored

14. A. encouraged B. forced C. introduced D. guided

15. A. desire B. chance C. wonder D. choice

第二节 语法填空（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）

阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空，并将答案填写在答题卡标号为16-25的相应位置上。

One day a young man was walking along the road when

he heard a cry. It seemed to be coming from underneath

a bridge. As he approached the bridge, the sound got

louder and then he saw 16 pitiful sight. There,

17 (lie) in the muddy riverbed was a little dog about

two months old, 18 front legs were tightly tied with

ropes. It had wounds on its head and 19 (cover) with

mud.

The young man wanted to help the dog, 20 as he

approached, the dog started to bark. The young man did

not give up. 21 sat down and started gently talking

to the dog. It took a long time but eventually the dog

22 (stop) barking and the man was able to touch it.

The young man carried the dog home, cared 23 its

wounds, and gave it food and water. Even with all of this,

the dog was still 24 (friend) every time the young

man approached. But the young man did not give up. Weeks

went by and the man continued attending to the dog. Then

one day, as the young man approached, the dog wagged its

tail.

It was consistent love and kindness 25 won a

lifelong friendship of loyalty.

Ⅱ 阅读(共两节，满分50分)

第一节 阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

A

One evening last summer, when I asked my 14-year-old

son, Ray, for help with dinner, his response shocked me.

"What’s a colander(漏勺)? " he asked.

I could only blame myself. In the family, nobody

else’s hands went in the sauce except my own. But that

night, as I explained with a touch of panic that a

colander is the thing with holes in it, I wondered what

else I hadn’t prepared Ray for.

As parents, while we focus on our sons’ confidence

and character, we perhaps don’t always consider that

we are also raising someone’s future roommates,

boyfriends, husbands, or fathers. I wanted to know that