梅州市高三总复习第二次质检试卷（2019.5）
英 语
本试卷分选择题和非选择题两部分，共10页，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填写在答题卡上。用2B铅笔将答题卡试卷类型填涂在答题卡上。在答题卡右上角的“试室号”和“座位号”栏填写试室号、座位号，并用2B铅笔将相应的试室号、座位号信息点涂黑。
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，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。
4.考生必须保持答题卡的整洁，考试结束后，将试卷和答题卡一并交回。
第一部分 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。
I used to be judgmental towards others. I would 1 force on, “What is wrong with this person?” and “What 2 can I find?”
I often heard the expression, “When you look for something, you will 3 it.” I easily discovered the mistakes and the limitations. This caused me great frustration and anger. In general, I looked down to others. People felt the negative energy coming from me and this created 4 in my getting along with others.
What I did was the 5 of what one would do if one wanted to win friends and influence people.
The turning point came when I was advised to keep asking, “What can I do for this person?” At first I was 6 to do so. “Why should I think of others? Others don't think about what they can do for me.”
“What will you 7 ?” I was challenged. “Your present situation is extremely worrying. It makes sense to do all you can to 8 things. Try it for a couple of weeks.”
So I joined those who ask, “What can I do for this person?” In the beginning, I heard a voice, “Who are you trying to 9 ? This isn't you.”
However, I decided to try for at least two weeks and I intended to keep my 10 . In just a few days, I experienced a major 11 in the way I felt towards others. It was unbelievable how 12 this was in changing the way others viewed and treated me. Much of the stress that I felt before 13 . I had more energy than I ever did before, as well as increased 14 . And I highly recommend this 15 to
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others.
1. A. impossibly B. pleasantly C. automatically D. helplessly 2. A. advantages B. ideas C. answers D. mistakes 3. A. find B. do C. love D. know 4. A. chances B. difficulties C. hopes D. excitements 5. A. opposite B. result C. type D. best 6. A. afraid B. unwilling C. unlikely D. sorry 7. A. say B. use C. lose D. miss 8. A. improve B. accept C. discuss D. arrange 9. A. fool B. persuade C. please D. surprise 10. A. habit B. word C. secret D. time 11. A. test B. challenge C. change D. effect 12. A. serious B. powerful C. fortunate D. complex 13. A. remained B. increased C. emerged D. disappeared 14. A. joy B. fear C. wonder D. concern 15. A. essay B. memory C. program D. practice 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，并将答案填写在答卷标号为16-25的相应位置上。
Fatter people are more likely to lose their memories and brain power more quickly than those who are thinner, according to British research. Those who are obese (臃肿的) lose their memory and thinking skills almost a quarter 16 (fast). The study was based on almost 6,500 civil servants, 17 age are between 50 and 60. They were weighed, and their blood pressure 18 (take). In addition, they were asked to perform mental tests three times during the decade, 19 (use) to assess memory and other cognitive skills. 20 the 6,401 civil servants in the study, 582 (9%) were obese. Of those, 350 were unhealthy who had 21 (addition) risk factors such as high blood pressure. The researchers found the obese tended to lose their mental powers faster than 22 thinner colleagues, while those who also had additional sick conditions lost their memory and thinking skills fastest of all. 23 latter group experienced a 22.5% faster decline in their cognitive test scores over the decade than those who were healthy. Shirley Cramer, chief executive of Alzheimer's Research UK, said, “We do not yet know why fat people are linked to poorer brain performance, 24 we should pay more attention to it with the result shown in the study.” The study focuses on memories and brain power, and 25 also suggests that a healthy diet, regular exercise, not smoking and controlling blood pressure can help us keep fit. 第二部分 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。
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Among my most memorable vacation moments with my kids was the phone call I made from a peak in the Teton Range one summer. The boys were seven and ten, and they had not taken to the awesome scenery with the enthusiasm (热情) I'd hoped. I believe the word “bored” was uttered once or twice, and someone actually complained, “Are we there yet?”
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I had a flashback to my own childhood — The Alps, not the Teton, but the same lack of appreciation from the backseat. “Can you at least grunt (咕哝) your appreciation so I'll know you're still there?” My father asked. My siblings and I did so all the way up a mountain and back down. Now I call my dad from a Wyoming mountain and apologize.
Traveling with children is not always a postcard. There's the getting there, and being there, and the getting back home. This involves planning and patience in things unimagined. Yet, my parents persevered, taking us with them every summer.
I have long been glad they “dragged” me to travel with them everywhere, but it wasn't until that day in the Teton that I fully understood what I was grateful for. Until then, I'd thought only of what travel had given me as an individual: the sense of comfort in new places and the knowledge that there was a big world out there. My call to my father was the first time I appreciated what the trips had given us as a family. We were never more a family than when we were all away from home. Every day in the back of a rental car, my brother, sister, and I became a unit, relying on each other for entertainment. Back home, we had separate orbits — different friends, teachers, activities and bedrooms. Away, we were in sync (同步的), but also dissolving in what we thought were silent giggles (咯咯笑) between those grunts up the mountain. “I'm sorry,” I said to my father 25 years later from Wyoming. “That's one of my favorite memories,” Dad replied. Now that I think of it, it's one of mine too.
26. When the author took her children to travel with her, they felt _____. A. grateful B. curious C. impatient D. nervous 27. Which of the following is TRUE about the author according to the passage?
A. She has been to the Teton Range with her father. B. She fully understood her father's intention as a girl. C. She got bored with traveling during her childhood. D. She felt sorry for taking her children to travel.
28. The author called her father in the Teton Range to _____.
A. encourage her father to travel B. make an apology to her father C. tell him her children's complaints D. show her excitement during the journey 29. What does the underlined part mean in Paragraph 4?
A. Traveling with children is not an easy job. B. Children do not like traveling in mountains. C. Traveling with children is an expensive journey.
D. There's no time to deliver postcards during the journey.
30. The author feels grateful to her parents for travel because _____.
A. they keep her physically healthy B. she can make new friends during the trip C. she is taught to be independent of her family D. they make efforts to strengthen the bonds of family
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For professional athletes, it's all about training, speed, strength, and endurance. It's no different for the homing pigeon (传信鸽) — the flying athletes, but they're not going for the gold with every race. They just want to go home.
When you walk into Mike Beavers' pigeon loft (鸽棚) you'll hear the happy coo (咕咕叫) from his
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