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2016广州一模英语试题(二)
2016年广州一模英语试题

2016年广州一模英语试题

2016,3.

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。答题前，考生务必在将自己的姓名、考生号填写在答题卡上。

2. 回答第Ⅰ卷时，选出每小题选出答案后，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，再选涂其他答案标号。写在试卷上无效。

3. 回答第Ⅱ卷时，将答案卸载答题卡上，写在试卷上无效。

4. 考试结束，将本试卷和答题卡一并交回。

第I卷

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。

A

Dear Reader,

As a proud member of this community, the Los Angeles Times is committed to more than just reporting the news. We believe in developing connections with our neighbors.

An important part of that mission is our annual Festival of Books, which has grown to become an essential piece of the L.A. cultural scene.

This year marks our 21st anniversary, and we're working to make the 2016 festival the best one yet. Over two wonderful days, you’ll have a chance to meet your favorite authors, hear live music, see original art works and listen to poetry.

The festival will conclude with the Book Prizes Ceremony, where the best book prizes — as judged by our panel of experts — will be presented. The People's Choice Award, as chosen by you, the reading public, will also be announced.

All festival events are free but, due to limited seating at our event locations, you will need a ticket to enter. The free tickets can only be applied for here at our website. This year we are also organizing free buses to the most popular events. The Festival of Books is our gift to the city and will be here soon. I look forward to seeing you there.

Allen Peterson

Los Angeles Times — Chief Executive

1. Who is organizing the Festival of Books?

A. Book TV. B. The Los Angeles Times.

C. Natural History Museum. D. Los Angeles Public Library.

2. How are the best book prizes chosen ?

A. By a group of experts. B. By a vote of the authors.

C. By the reading public. D. By festival sponsors.

3. What is true about tickets to the festival?

A. They are only for published authors.

B. They include transport to each event.

C. They can only be applied for online.

D. They can be purchased at the event location.

B

In 1800, only three percent of the world’s population lived in cities. Only one city — Beijing —had a population of over a million. Most people lived in rural areas, and never saw a city in their lives. In 1900, just a hundred years later, roughly 150 million people lived in cities, and the world's ten largest cities all had populations exceeding one million. By 2000, the number of city dwellers exceeded three billion; and in 2008, the world’s population crossed a tipping point — more than half of the people on Earth lived in cities. By 2050, that could increase to over two- thirds. Clearly, humans have become an urban species.

In the 19th and early 20th centuries, many people viewed cities negatively - - crowded, dirty environments full of disease and crime. They feared that as cities got bigger, living conditions would worsen. In recent decades, however, attitudes have changed. Many experts now think urbanization(城市化)is good news, offering solutions to the problems of Earth’s growing population.

Harvard economist Edward Glaeser, author of The Victory of the City, is one such person. Glaeser argues that cities are very productive because “the absence of space between people” reduces the cost of transporting goods, people, and ideas. While the flow of goods has always been important to cities, what is most important today is the flow of ideas. Successful cities enable people to learn from each other easily, and attract and reward smart people with higher wages.

Another urbanization supporter is environmentalist Stewart Brand. Brand believes cities help the environment because they allow half of the world’s population to live on about four percent of the land. This leaves more space for open country, such as farmland. City dwellers also have less impact per person on the environment than people in the countryside. Their roads, sewers, and power lines need fewer resources to build and operate. City apartments require less energy to heat cool, and light. Most importantly, people in cities drive less so they produce fewer greenhouse gases per person.

So it’s a mistake to see urbanization as evil; it’s a natural part of development. The challenge is how to manage the growth.

4. What is Paragraph 1 mainly about?

A. The history of modem cities. B. Changes taking place within cities.

C. How cities have grown over time. D. Why modem cities are changing.

5. How have experts* attitudes towards cities changed in recent decades?

A. They now view the weaknesses as strengths.

B. They no longer see city-living as attractive.

C. They accept city life in spite of its problems.

D. They think city-living provides more benefits.

6. Which of the following would Edward Glaeser agree with?

A. Cities provide more economic opportunities.

B. City people get along better with each other.

C. Over-crowded cities result in problems.

D. Cities limit the flow of ideas.

7. According to Paragraph 4, what would be the result of moving people out of cities?

A. Economic production would be reduced.

B. There would be less farmland available.

C. People would travel less frequently.

D. House values would fall greatly.

C

It was December 25, 1914, only 5 months into World War I. German, British, and French soldiers, already sick and tired of the senseless killing, disobeyed their superiors and started socialising with “the enemy” along two-thirds of the Western Front.

German troops held up Christmas trees with signs, “Merry Christmas”. Thousands of troops ran across the battlefields covered with dead bodies. They sang Christmas songs, exchanged photographs of loved ones back home, shared food and even played football. Soldiers hugged men they had been trying to kill a few short hours before. They agreed to warn each other if their officers forced them to fire their weapons, and to aim high.

Fear ran through the military leaders on both sides. They felt that their power was being challenged： soldiers declaring their brotherhood with each other and refusing to fight. Generals declared this unexpected peacemaking illegal and said that participating soldiers would face a military court. Those found guilty would be imprisoned or even shot. By March 1915 the socialising movement had been destroyed and the killing machine was back in full operation Over the next three years more than fifteen million people died in the war.

Not many people have heard the story of the Christmas Truce(休战). On Christmas Day, 1988, a local radio host in Boston played “Christmas in the Trenches”, a song about the Christmas Truce, several times and was ’ response. Thousands of people called in, praising the song, with many moved to tears by the amazing events it described.

You can probably guess why the callers were in tears. The Christmas I nice story goes against most of what we have been taught about people. It lets us see the world as it can be and says, “This really happened once.” It shows us the potential we have as humans, and contradicts all of those TV and newspaper stories that tell us how mean and heartless people are. It is like hearing that our deepest wishes really are true： the world really can be different.

8. The soldiers began socialising with the enemy because ________.

A. they couldn't bear the meaningless killing

B. it was the best way to avoid being killed

C. they feared that they would be caught

D. their enemies were from similar backgrounds

9. How did the generals finally put an end to the soldiers' socialising?

A. They sent the soldiers' loved ones to prison.

B. They moved the two groups of soldiers further apart.

C. They increased the number of officers to control the soldiers.

D. They warned the soldiers that they would face severe punishment.

10. The underlined word “stunned” in Paragraph 4 most probably means________ .

A. satisfied B. shocked C. amused D. confused

11. The author uses the story of the soldiers to imply that human beings ______.

A. are not trustworthy under stress

B. are naturally aggressive and war-like

C. are basically caring and kindhearted

D. will always do what is in their own self-interest

D

Earlier this year, the social media website Facebook announced that it would work with several news organizations — including The New York Times, The Guardian, and the BBC — to place news stories directly into users’ personal Facebook webpage. Stories published using Facebook Instant will load more quickly and keep the style of the original publisher, who will keep all the advertising income the stories earn — at least for now. The deal shows how important social media has become to news organizations, and is a clear sign of how the world of news is changing — and has been for a while.

When Google News began in 20021 many saw it as the death of the newspaper. It had no human editor. Instead Google used, and still uses, a secret computer program that selects and displays news stories according to the reader^ personal interests. More recently, Associated Press and Yahoo! have been publishing computer-written articles. Both use special software to automatically produce stories about company financial results and sports reports — areas where the quality of writing is felt to be of secondary importance to the accuracy of the data.

Should we be worried about such developments? I think we should. One concern is that Facebook, Google and other social media websites see journalism as a sideline, a way of putting people in front of advertisements. It isn't their primary function — so if it stops making them lots of money, they’re likely to stop doing it. There's also a concern that computer-written articles are not actually journalism at all, because what a human news team produces is actually quite complex. A well-written news story puts information in context, offers a voice to each sideof an argument and brings the public new knowledge.

Though economics and speed of delivery mean readers will probably choose a computer- written story over a carefully shaped article — at least for daily news — I don’t think the computers will be writing any in-depth articles for a while yet.

12. What is the main purpose of the article?

A. To report on a new computer service offered by Facebook.

B. To advise readers against reading computer-written news.

C. To express concern about recent trends in online news.

D. To describe the process of online news reporting.

13. Computer-written news reports have so far focused on sports and finance because ________.

A. these are the most popular topics for online readers

B. there are fewer journalists specializing in these areas

C. information on these topics is more easily available

D. writing style is less important than accuracy in these areas

14. What does the underlined word “It” in Paragraph 3 refer to?

A. Journalism. B. Advertising. C. Facebook. D. Business

15. In Paragraph 4, which of the following is mentioned as a characteristic of a well-written news article?

A. The information presented is up-to-date.

B. The author’s opinion is clear

C. Different views on the topic are presented.

D. The language used is vivid

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。

Vacations are important. We need to take time out from work to relax, and just be ourselves.

We should all be allowed to leave our jobs behind us — at least for a few weeks each year 一 and just have fun. This might be something as simple as reading a good book in front of a warm fireplace through to travelling to the most interesting places on our planet. Whatever we fancy doing is worth taking time out for.

Workplace stress is on the rise. These include disease, depression and even death. We all seem to be running from one place to the next, never finding out where we want to go in the first place. I intend to break that trend in the coming days. I will sleep late, write, watch movies, drink the occasional glass of wine, and eat to my heart's content ignoring calorie counting. My plan is to just enjoy the fleeting moments of being alive.

Spend your next vacation the way you want. Do what will restore your mental health. You're very valuable to the people who are close to you, and to those who depend on it. Like it or not, we are all interdependent in this great life of ours. You are valuable. Just remember that the next time you look at the mirror and take a deep breath. Remind yourself that there will never be anyone like you ever on this earth again. All you have to do is just ask yourself what you want to do.

A. With it come many health problems.

B. When you finally get home you’ll be greatly refreshed.

C. I challenge each one of you to do the same.

D. Draw up a detailed plan so you can see more.

E. Life is not all about work, or at least it shouldn't be.

F. And only you know how to vacation your way.

2016广州一模英语试题(三)
2016年广州一模英语试题 Word版含答案

2016年广州市第一次模拟考试

英 语

2016．3

本试卷分第1卷(选择题)和第Ⅱ卷(非选择题)两部分。考试结束后，将本试卷和答题卡一并交回。

第I卷

注意事项：

1．答第I卷前，考生务必将自己的姓名和考生号、试室号、座位号填写在答题卡上，并用铅笔在答题卡上的相应位置填涂考生号。

2．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，再选涂其他答案标号，不能答在本试卷上，否则无效。

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。

A

1. Who is organizing the Festival of Books?

A. Book TV.

C. Natural History Museum. B. The Los Angeles Times. D. Los Angeles Public Library.

2. How are the best book prizes chosen?

A. By a group of experts.

C. By the reading public.

3. What is true about tickets to the festival?

A. They are only for published authors.

C. They can only be applied for online

B. By a vote of the authors, D. By festival sponsors. B. They include transport to each event. D. They can be purchased at the event location.

B

In 1800, only three percent of the world's population lived in cities. Only one city — Beijing — had a population of over a million. Most people lived in rural areas, and never saw a city in their lives. In 1900, just a hundred years later, roughly 150 million people lived in cities, and the world’s ten largest cities all had populations exceeding one million. By 2000, the number of city dwellers exceeded three billion; and in 2008, the world's population crossed a tipping point — more than half of the people on Earth lived in cities. By 2050, that could increase to over two-thirds. Clearly, humans have become an urban species.

In the 19th and early 20th centuries, many people viewed cities negatively — crowded, dirty environments full of disease and crime. They feared that as cities got bigger, living conditions would worsen. In recent decades, however, attitudes have changed. Many experts now think urbanization (城市化) is good news, offering solutions to the problems of Earth’s growing population.

Harvard economist Edward Glaeser, author of The Victory of the Cir, is one such person. Glaeser argues that cities are very productive because “the absence of space between people” reduces the cost of transporting goods, people, and ideas. While the flow of goods has always been important to cities, what is most important today is the flow of ideas. Successful cities enable people to learn from each other easily, and attract and reward smart people with higher wages.

Another urbanization supporter is environmentalist Stewart Brand. Brand believes cities help the environment because they allow haft of the world’s population to live on about four percent of the land. This leaves more space for open country, such as farmland. City dwellers also have less impact per person on the environment than people in the countryside. Their roads, sewers, and power lines need fewer resources to build and operate. City apartments require less energy to heat, cool, and light. Most importantly, people in cities drive less so they produce fewer greenhouse gases per person.

So it’s a mistake to see urbanization as evil; it’s a natural part of development. The challenge is how to manage the growth.

4. What is Paragraph 1 mainly about?

A. The history of modern cities.

B. Changes taking place within cities.

C. How cities have grown over time.

D. Why modern cities are changing.

5. How have experts’ attitudes towards cities changed in recent decades?

A. They now view the weaknesses as strengths.

B. They no longer see city-riving as attractive.

C. They accept city life in spite of its problems.

D. They think city-riving provides more benefits.

6. Which of the following would Edward Glaeser agree with?

A. Cities provide more economic opportunities.

B. City people get along better with each other.

C. Over-crowded cities result in problems.

D. Cities limit the flow of ideas.

7. According to Paragraph 4, what would be the result of moving people out of cities?

A. Economic production would be reduced.

B. There would be less farmland available.

C. People would travel less frequently.

D. House values would fall greatly.

C

It was December 25, 1914, only 5 months into World War I. German, British, and French soldiers, already sick and tired of the senseless killing, disobeyed their superiors and started socialising with “the enemy” along two-thirds of the Western Front.

German troops held up Christmas trees with signs, “Merry Christmas”. Thousands of troops ran across the battlefields covered with dead bodies. They sang Christmas songs, exchanged photographs of loved ones back home, shared food and even played football. Soldiers hugged men they had been trying to kill a few short hours before. They agreed to warn each other if their officers forced them to fire their weapons, and to aim high.

Fear ran through the military leaders on both sides. They felt that their power was being challenged: soldiers declaring their brotherhood with each other and refusing to fight. Generals declared this unexpected peacemaking illegal and said that participating soldiers would face a military court. Those found guilty would be imprisoned or even shot. By March 1915 the socialising movement had been destroyed and the killing machine was back in full operation. Over the next three years more than fifteen million people died in the war.

Not many people have heard the story of the Christmas Truce (休战). On Christmas Day, 1988, a local radio host in Boston played “Christmas in the Trenches”, a song about the Christmas Truce, several times and was by his listeners’ response. Thousands of people called in, praising the song, with many moved to tears by the amazing events it described.

You can probably guess why the callers were in tears. The Christmas Truce story goes against most of what we have been taught about people. It lets us see the world as it can be and says, “This really happened once.” It shows us the potential we have as humans, and contradicts all of those TV and newspaper stories that tell us how mean and heartless people are. It is like hearing that our deepest wishes really are true: the world really can be different.

8. The soldiers began socialising with the enemy because ________.

A. they couldn't bear the meaningless killing

B. it was the best way to avoid being killed

C. they feared that they would be caught

D. their enemies were from similar backgrounds

9. How did the generals finally put an end to the soldiers’ socialising?

A. They sent the soldiers’ loved ones to prison.

B. They moved the two groups of soldiers further apart.

C. They increased the number of officers to control the soldiers.

D. They warned the soldiers that they would face severe punishment.

10. The underlined word “stunned” in Paragraph 4 most probably means ________.

A. satisfied B. shocked C. amused D. confused

11. The author uses the story of the soldiers to imply that human beings ________.

A. are not trustworthy under stress

B. are naturally aggressive and war-like

C. are basically caring and kindhearted

D. will always do what is in their own self-interest

D

Earlier this year, the social media website Facebook announced that it would work with several news organisations — including The New York Times, The Guardian, and the BBC — to place news stories directly into users’ personal Facebook webpage. Stories published using Facebook Instant will load more quickly and keep the style of the original publisher, who will keep all the advertising income the stories earn

— at least for now. The deal shows how important social, media has become to news organisations, and is a clear sign of how the world of news is changing — and has been for a while.

When Google News began in 2002, many saw it as the death of the newspaper. It had no human editor. Instead Google used, and still uses, a secret computer program that selects and displays news stories according to the reader’s personal interests. More recently, Associated Press and Yahoo! have been punishing computer-written articles. Both use special software to automatically produce stories about company financial results and sports reports — areas where the quality of writing is felt to be of secondary importance to the accuracy of the data.

Should we be worried about such developments? I think we should. One concern is that facebook, Google and other social media websites see journalism as a sideline, a way of putting people in front of advertisements. isn’t their primary function — so if it stops making them lots of money, they're likely to stop doing it.

There’s also a concern that computer-written articles are not actually journalism at all, because what a human news team produces is actually quite complex. A well-written news story puts information in context, offers a voice to each side of an argument and brings the public new knowledge.

Though economics and speed of delivery mean readers will probably choose a computer-written story over a carefully shaped article — at least for daily news — I don't think the computers will be writing any in-depth articles for a while yet.

12. What is the main purpose of the article?

A. To report on a new computer service offered by Facebook..

B. To advise readers against reading computer-written news.

C. To express concern about recent trends in online news.【2016广州一模英语试题】

D. To describe the process of online news reporting.

13. Computer-written news reports have so far focused on sports and finance because ________.

A. these are the most popular topics for online readers

B. there are fewer journalists specialising in these areas

C. information on these topics is more easily available

D. writing style is less important than accuracy in these areas

14. What does the underlined word “It” in Paragraph 3 refer to?

A. Journalism. B. Advertising. C. Facebook. D. Business.

15. In Paragraph 4, which of the following is mentioned as a characteristic of a well-written news article?

A. The information presented is up-to-date. B. The author's opinion is clear.

C. Different views on the topic are presented. D. The language used is vivid.

第二节 (共5小题，每小题2分，满分l0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。 Vacations are important. We need to take time out from work to relax, and just be

ourselves. __16__ We should all be allowed to leave our jobs behind us — at least for a few weeks each year — and just have fun. This might be something as simple as reading a good book in front of a warm fireplace through to travelling to the most interesting places on our planet. Whatever we fancy doing is worth taking time out for.

Workplace stress is on the rise. __17__ These include disease, depression and even death. We all seem to be running from one place to the next, never finding out where we want to go in the first place. I intend to break that trend in the coming days. __18__ I will sleep late, write, watch movies, drink the occasional glass of wine, and eat to my heart’s content ignoring calorie counting. My plan is to just enjoy the fleeting moments of being alive.

__19__ Spend your next vacation the way you want. Do what will restore your mental health. You’re very valuable to the people who are close to you, and to those who depend on it. Like it or not, we are all interdependent in this great life of ours.

You are valuable. Just remember that the next time you look at the mirror and take a deep breath. Remind yourself that there will never be anyone like you ever on this earth again. __20__ All you have to do is just ask yourself what you want to do.

A. With it come many health problems.

B. When you finally get home you'll be greatly refreshed.

C. I challenge each one of you to do the same.

D. Draw up a detailed plan so you can see more.

E. Life is not all about work, or at least it shouldn't be.

F. And only you know how to vacation your way.

G. For my next holiday, I will do all the things that I love doing.

第二部分 英语知识运用(共两节，满分45分)

第一节 完形填空(共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分)

阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出可以填人空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

The dolphin (海豚) swam in her tiny tank. It was early evening and the park was __21__. She was alone again.

Earlier that day, she had performed her __22__ for the visitors; and though their cheers pleased her, they did not __23__ the anxiety of forced separation she experienced daily, __24__ her family.

Later that afternoon, her keepers had conducted their usual set of __25__ on her to make sure she’d be ready for the next day's show. This time, she had given in quietly to their attentions. This __26__ them, as it always did they were so happy when she __27__ them. But, when she didn’t, they assumed there was a __28__ and she would be punished.

She dived down and stared through the glass window into the observatory room. During the day, __29__ crowded into this lower-level viewing room to watch her from an underwater __30__. The glass was __31__ with the hand prints of the many children who had pressed __32__ to get a good view.

Her daily routine rarely __33__. Trainers would teach her __34__ tricks, to be added to her show. Occasionally, humans would bring their ill or __35__ children to swim with her. And, over time, she would heal (治愈) them. But she’d always __36__ the process so as not to expose her amazing ability to the humans.

She swam up to the __37__ then stared __38__ at the stars above.

She was far from her family and she was __39__.

In the dark she sang...

But none of her kind __40__ her.

21. A. repaired B. gone C. closed D. built

22. A. tricks B. stories C. songs D. duties

23. A. cause B. stop C. ignore D. tell

24. A. along with B. out of C. except for D. away from

25. A. thoughts B. performances C. tests D. plans

26. A. pleased B. shocked C. discouraged D. puzzled

27. A. helped B. obeyed C. refused D. guided

28. A. task B. chance C. reward D. problem

29. A. keepers B. visitors C. reporters D. testers

30. A. angle B. tank C. show D. sense

31. A. damaged B. blocked C. decorated D. covered

32. A. seriously B. lightly C. close D. far

33. A. occurred B. varied C. remained D. survived

34. A. new B. true C. strange D. regular

2016广州一模英语试题(四)
2016年广一模英语试卷及答案

2016年广州市普通高中毕业班综合测试（一）

英 语

第Ⅰ卷

注意事项：

1. 答第I卷，考生务必将自己的姓名和考生号、试室号、座位号填写在答题卡上，并用铅笔在答题卡上的相应位置填涂考生号。

2. 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，再选涂其他答案标号，不能打在本试卷上，否则无效。

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中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑。

A

1. Who is organizing the Festival of Books?

A. Book TV

C. Natural History Museum

2. How are the best book prize chosen?

A. By a group of experts.

C. By the reading public.

3. What is true about tickets to the festival?

A. They are only for published authors.

C. They can only be applied for online. B. The Los Angeles Times D. Los Angeles Public Library B. By a vote of the author. D. By festival sponsors. B. They include transport to each event. D. They can be purchased at the event location.

B

In 1800, only three percent of the world’s population lived in cities. Only one city — Beijing— had a population of over a million. Most people lived in rural areas, and never saw a city in their lives. In 1900, just a hundred years later, roughly 150 million people lived in cities, and the world’s ten largest cities all had populations exceeding one million. By 2000, the number of city dwellers exceeded three billion; and in 2008, the world's population crossed a tipping point — more than half of the people on Earth lived in cities. By 2050, that could increase to over two-thirds. Clearly, humans have become an urban species.

In the 19th and early 20th centuries, many people viewed cities negatively — crowded, dirty environments full of disease and crime. They feared that as cities got bigger, living conditions would worsen. In recent decades, however, attitudes have changed. Many experts now think urbanization (城市化) is good news, offering solutions to the problems of Earth’s growing population.

Harvard economist Edward Glaeser, author of The Victory of the Cir, is one such person. Glaeser argues that cities are very productive because “the absence of space between people” reduces the cost of transporting goods, people, and ideas. While the flow of goods has always been important to cities, what is most important today is the flow of ideas. Successful cities enable people to learn from each other easily, and attract and reward smart people with higher wages.

Another urbanization supporter is environmentalist Stewart Brand. Brand believes cities help the environment because they allow haft of the world’s population to live on about four percent of the land. This leaves more space for open country, such as farmland. City dwellers also have less impact per person on the environment than people in the countryside. Their roads, sewers, and power lines need fewer resources to build and operate. City apartments require less energy to heat, cool, and light. Most importantly, people in cities drive less so they produce fewer greenhouse gases per person.

So it’s a mistake to see urbanization as evil; it’s a natural part of development. The challenge is how to manage the growth.

4. What is Paragraph 1 mainly about?

A. The history of modern cities.

B. Changes taking place within cities.

C. How cities have grown over time.

D. Why modern cities are changing.

5. How have experts’ attitudes towards cities changed in recent decades?

A. They now view the weaknesses as strengths.

B. They no longer see city- living as attractive.

C. They accept city life in spite of its problems. D. They think city- living provides more benefits.

6. Which of the following would Edward Glaeser agree with?

A. Cities provide more economic opportunities.

B. City people get along better with each other.

C. Over-crowded cities result in problems. D. Cities limit the flow of ideas.

7. According to Paragraph 4, what would be the result of moving people out of cities?

A. Economic production would be reduced.

B. There would be less farmland available.

C. People would travel less frequently. D. House values would fall greatly.

C

It was December 25, 1914, only months into World WarⅠ. German, British, and French soldiers, already sick and tired of the senseless killing, disobeyed their superiors and started socialising with “the enemy” along two-thirds of the Western Front.

German troops held up Christmas trees with signs, “Merry Christmas”. Thousands of troops ran across the battlefields covered with dead bodies. They sang Christmas songs, exchanged photographs of loved ones back home, shared food and even played football. Soldiers hugged men they had been trying to kill a few short hours before. They agreed to warn each other if their officers forced them to fire their weapons, and to aim high.

Fear ran through the military leaders on both sides. They felt that their power was being challenged: soldiers declaring their brotherhood with each other and refusing to fight. Generals declared this unexpected peacemaking illegal and said that participating soldiers would face a military court. Those found guilty would be imprisoned or even shot. By March 1915 the socialising movement had been destroyed and the killing machine was back in full operation. Over the next three years more than fifteen million people died in the war.

Not many people have heard the story of the Christmas Truce (休战). On Christmas Day, 1988, a local radio host in Boston played “Christmas in the Trenches”, a song about the Christmas Truce, several times and was ’ response. Thousands of people called in, praising the song, with many moved to tears by the amazing events it described.

You can probably guess why the callers were in tears. The Christmas Truce story goes against most of what we have been taught about people. It lets us see the world as it can be and says, “This really happened once.” It shows us the potential we have as humans, and contradicts all of those TV and newspaper stories that tell us how mean and heartless people are. It is like hearing that our deepest wishes really are true: the world really can be different.

8. The soldiers began socialising with the enemy because ________.

A. they couldn’t bear the meaningless killing

B. it was the best way to avoid being killed

C. they feared that they would be caught

D. their enemies were from similar backgrounds

9. How did the generals finally put an end to the soldiers’ socialising?

A. They sent the soldiers’ loved ones to prison.

B. They moved the two groups of soldiers further apart.

C. They increased the number of officers to control the soldiers.

D. They warned the soldiers that they would face severe punishment.

10. The underlined word “stunned” in Paragraph 4 most probably means ________.

A. satisfied B. shocked C. amused D. confused

11. The author uses the story of the soldiers to imply that human beings ________.

A. are not trustworthy under stress

B. are naturally aggressive and war-like

C. are basically caring and kindhearted

D. will always do what is in their own self-interest

D

Earlier this year, the social media website Facebook announced that it would work with several news organization — including The New York Times, The Guardian, and the BBC — to place news stories directly into users’ personal Facebook webpage. Stories published using Facebook Instant will load more quickly and keep the style of the original publisher, who will keep all the advertising income the stories earn — at least for now. The deal shows how important social, media has become to news organisations, and is a clear sign of how the world of news is changing — and has been for a while.

When Google News began in 2002, many saw it as the death of the newspaper. It had no human editor. Instead Google used, and still uses, a secret computer program that selects and displays news stories according to the reader’s personal interests. More recently, Associated Press and Yahoo! have been punishing computer-written articles. Both use special software to automatically produce stories about company financial results and sports reports — areas where the quality of writing is felt to be of secondary importance to the accuracy of the data.

Should we be worried about such developments? I think we should. One concern is that Facebook, Google and other social media websites see journalism as a sideline, a way of putting people in front of advertisements. isn’t their primary function — so if it stops making them lots of money, they're likely to stop doing it.

There’s also a concern that computer-written articles are not actually journalism at all, because what a human news team produces is actually quite complex. A well-written news story puts information in context, offers a voice to each side of an argument and brings the public new knowledge.

Though economics and speed of delivery mean readers will probably choose a computer-written story over a carefully shaped article — at least for daily news — I don't think the computers will be writing any in-depth articles for a while yet.

12. What is the main purpose of the article?

A. To report on a new computer service offered by Facebook..

B. To advise readers against reading computer-written news.

C. To express concern about recent trends in online news.

D. To describe the process of online news reporting.

13. Computer-written news reports have so far focused on sports and finance because ________.

A. these are the most popular topics for online readers【2016广州一模英语试题】

B. there are fewer journalists specialising in these areas

C. information on these topics is more easily available

D. writing style is less important than accuracy in these areas

14. What does the underlined word “It” in Paragraph 3 refer to?

A. Journalism. B. Advertising. C. Facebook. D. Business.

15. In Paragraph 4, which of the following is mentioned as a characteristic of a well-written news article?

A. The information presented is up-to-date.

B. The author's opinion is clear.

C. Different views on the topic are presented. D. The language used is vivid.

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。

Vacations are important. We need to take time out from work to relax, and just be ourselves. 16____ We should all be allowed to leave our jobs behind us — at least for a few weeks each year — and just

have fun. This might be something as simple as reading a good book in front of a warm fireplace through to traveling to the most interesting places on our planet. Whatever we fancy doing is worth taking time out for.

Workplace stress is on the rise. 17____ These include disease, depression and even death. We all seem to be running from one place to the next, never finding out where we want to go in the first place. I intend to break that trend in the coming days.

18____ I will sleep late, write, watch movies, drink the occasional glass of wine, and eat to my heart’s content ignoring calorie counting. My plan is to just enjoy the fleeting moments of being alive.

19____ Spend your next vacation the way you want. Do what will restore your mental health. You’re very valuable to the people who are close to you, and to those who depend on it. Like it or not, we are all interdependent in this great life of ours.

You are valuable. Just remember that the next time you look at the mirror and take a deep breath. Remind yourself that there will never be anyone like you ever on this earth again. 20____ All you have to do is just ask yourself what you want to do.

A. With it come many health problems.

B. When you finally get home you'll be greatly refreshed.

C. I challenge each one of you to do the same.

D. Draw up a detailed plan so you can see more.

E. Life is not all about work, or at least it shouldn't be.

F. And only you know how to vacation your way.

G. For my next holiday, I will do all the things that I love doing.

第二部分 英语知识运用（共两节，满分45分）

第一节 完形填空 （共20小题：每小题1.5分，满分30分）

阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

The dolphin (海豚) swam in her tiny tank. It was early evening and the park was __21__. She was alone again. Earlier that day, she had performed her __22__ for the visitors; and though their cheers pleased her, they did not __23__ the anxiety of forced separation she experienced daily, __24__ her family.

Later that afternoon, her keepers had conducted their usual set of __25__ on her to make sure she’d be ready for the next day's show. This time, she had given in quietly to their attentions. This __26__ them, as it always did they were so happy when she __27__ them. But, when she didn’t, they assumed there was a __28__ and she would be punished.

She dived down and stared through the glass window into the observatory room. During the day, __29__ crowded into this lower-level viewing room to watch her from an underwater __30__. The glass was __31__ with the hand prints of the many children who had pressed __32__ to get a good view.

Her daily routine rarely __33__. Trainers would teach her __34__ tricks, to be added to her show. Occasionally, humans would bring their ill or __35__ children to swim with her. And, over time, she would heal (治愈) them. But she’d always __36__ the process so as not to expose her amazing ability to the humans.

She swam up to the __37__ then stared __38__ at the stars above.

She was far from her family and she was __39__.

In the dark she sang...【2016广州一模英语试题】

But none of her kind __40__ her.

21. A. repaired B. gone C. closed D. built

2016广州一模英语试题(五)
2016广州一模英语试卷

2016年广州市普通高中毕业班综合测试（一）

英 语

第I卷

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。

A

1. Who is organizing the Festival of Books?

A. Book TV. B. The Los Angeles Times.

C. Natural History Museum. D. Los Angeles Public Library.

2. How are the best book prizes chosen ?

A. By a group of experts. B. By a vote of the authors.

C. By the reading public. D. By festival sponsors.

3. What is true about tickets to the festival?

A. They are only for published authors. B. They include transport to each event.

C. They can only be applied for online. D. They can be purchased at the event location.

B

In 1800, only three percent of the world’s population lived in cities. Only one city — Beijing —had a population of over a million. Most people lived in rural areas, and never saw a city in their lives. In 1900, just a hundred years later, roughly 150 million people lived in cities, and the world's ten largest cities all had populations exceeding one million. By 2000, the number of city dwellers exceeded three billion; and in 2008, the world’s population crossed a tipping point — more than half of the people on Earth lived in cities. By 2050, that could increase to over two- thirds. Clearly, humans have become an urban species.

In the 19th and early 20th centuries, many people viewed cities negatively - - crowded, dirty environments full of disease and crime. They feared that as cities got bigger, living conditions would worsen. In recent decades, however, attitudes have changed. Many experts now think urbanization(城市化)is good news, offering solutions to the problems of Earth’s growing population.

Harvard economist Edward Glaeser, author of The Victory of the City, is one such person. Glaeser argues that cities are very productive because “the absence of space between people” reduces the cost of transporting goods, people, and ideas. While the flow of goods has always been important to cities, what is most important today is the flow of ideas. Successful cities enable people to learn from each other easily, and attract and reward smart people with higher wages.

Another urbanization supporter is environmentalist Stewart Brand. Brand believes cities help the environment because they allow half of the world’s population to live on about four percent of the land. This leaves more space for open country, such as farmland. City dwellers also have less impact per person on the environment than people in the countryside. Their roads, sewers, and power lines need fewer resources to build and operate. City apartments require less energy to heat cool, and light. Most importantly, people in cities drive less so they produce fewer greenhouse gases per

person.

So it’s a mistake to see urbanization as evil; it’s a natural part of development. The challenge is how to manage the growth.

4. What is Paragraph 1 mainly about?

A. The history of modem cities. B. Changes taking place within cities.

C. How cities have grown over time. D. Why modem cities are changing.

5. How have experts* attitudes towards cities changed in recent decades?

A. They now view the weaknesses as strengths.

B. They no longer see city-living as attractive.

C. They accept city life in spite of its problems.

D. They think city-living provides more benefits.

6. Which of the following would Edward Glaeser agree with?

A. Cities provide more economic opportunities. B. City people get along better with each other.

C. Over-crowded cities result in problems. D. Cities limit the flow of ideas.

7. According to Paragraph 4, what would be the result of moving people out of cities?

A. Economic production would be reduced. B. There would be less farmland available.

C. People would travel less frequently. D. House values would fall greatly.

C

It was December 25, 1914, only 5 months into World War I. German, British, and French soldiers, already sick and tired of the senseless killing, disobeyed their superiors and started socialising with “the enemy” along two-thirds of the Western Front.

German troops held up Christmas trees with signs, “Merry Christmas”. Thousands of troops ran across the battlefields covered with dead bodies. They sang Christmas songs, exchanged photographs of loved ones back home, shared food and even played football. Soldiers hugged men they had been trying to kill a few short hours before. They agreed to warn each other if their officers forced them to fire their weapons, and to aim high.

Fear ran through the military leaders on both sides. They felt that their power was being challenged： soldiers declaring their brotherhood with each other and refusing to fight. Generals declared this unexpected peacemaking illegal and said that participating soldiers would face a military court. Those found guilty would be imprisoned or even shot. By March 1915 the socialising

movement had been destroyed and the killing machine was back in full operation Over the next three years more than fifteen million people died in the war.

Not many people have heard the story of the Christmas Truce(休战). On Christmas Day, 1988, a local radio host in Boston played “Christmas in the Trenches”, a song about the Christmas Truce, ’ response. Thousands of people called in, praising the song, with many moved to tears by the amazing events it described.

You can probably guess why the callers were in tears. The Christmas I nice story goes against most of what we have been taught about people. It lets us see the world as it can be and says, “This really happened once.” It shows us the potential we have as humans, and contradicts all of those TV and newspaper stories that tell us how mean and heartless people are. It is like hearing that our deepest wishes really are true： the world really can be different.

8. The soldiers began socialising with the enemy because ________.

A. they couldn't bear the meaningless killing B. it was the best way to avoid being killed

C. they feared that they would be caught D. their enemies were from similar backgrounds

9. How did the generals finally put an end to the soldiers' socialising?

A. They sent the soldiers' loved ones to prison.

B. They moved the two groups of soldiers further apart.

C. They increased the number of officers to control the soldiers.

D. They warned the soldiers that they would face severe punishment.

10. The underlined word “stunned” in Paragraph 4 most probably means________ .

A. satisfied B. shocked C. amused D. confused

11. The author uses the story of the soldiers to imply that human beings ______.

A. are not trustworthy under stress B. are naturally aggressive and war-like

C. are basically caring and kindhearted D. will always do what is in their own self-interest

D

Earlier this year, the social media website Facebook announced that it would work with several news organizations — including The New York Times, The Guardian, and the BBC — to place news

stories directly into users’ personal Facebook webpage. Stories published using Facebook Instant will load more quickly and keep the style of the original publisher, who will keep all the advertising income the stories earn — at least for now. The deal shows how important social media has become to news organizations, and is a clear sign of how the world of news is changing — and has been for a while.

When Google News began in 20021 many saw it as the death of the newspaper. It had no human editor. Instead Google used, and still uses, a secret computer program that selects and displays news stories according to the reader^ personal interests. More recently, Associated Press and Yahoo! have been publishing computer-written articles. Both use special software to automatically produce stories about company financial results and sports reports — areas where the quality of writing is felt to be of secondary importance to the accuracy of the data.

Should we be worried about such developments? I think we should. One concern is that Facebook, Google and other social media websites see journalism as a sideline, a way of putting people in front of advertisements. It isn't their primary function — so if it stops making them lots of money, they’re likely to stop doing it.

There's also a concern that computer-written articles are not actually journalism at all, because what a human news team produces is actually quite complex. A well-written news story puts information in context, offers a voice to each side of an argument and brings the public new knowledge.

Though economics and speed of delivery mean readers will probably choose a computer- written story over a carefully shaped article — at least for daily news — I don’t think the computers will be writing any in-depth articles for a while yet.

12. What is the main purpose of the article?

A. To report on a new computer service offered by Facebook.

B. To advise readers against reading computer-written news.

C. To express concern about recent trends in online news.

D. To describe the process of online news reporting.

13. Computer-written news reports have so far focused on sports and finance because ________.

A. these are the most popular topics for online readers

B. there are fewer journalists specializing in these areas

C. information on these topics is more easily available

D. writing style is less important than accuracy in these areas