2011年中山市高考三模英语试卷及答案

II. 阅读（共两节，满分50分）

第一节     阅渎理解（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

    She is quiet, soft-spoken and has a kind face and a strong heart. She is my mom, Lili.

When I was nine, Lili quitted her job and started her own business. She said she didn’t want to stay at home and work as a housewife: “It’s a waste of life.” Lili became so busy that she spent less and less time with me. She didn’t help me with my schoolwork. It was, in her words, “so that you can develop your independence”. We quarreled because she rarely showed up at parents’ meetings.

    Like mother, like daughter. I have many things in common with Lili. I want everything to be under control. I want to be perfect and I don’t expect other people to help me. I push myself hard to achieve my goals.

    After I started to go to high school, Lili and I were too busy to communicate much with each other.

    In biology class I began to be depressed. When the teacher showed us a picture of a butterfly, I was scared and screamed. I had a vision of thousands of butterflies flying toward me.

That night I told Lili about it. The next morning, I saw that she had red eyes with black circles around them.

    She took me to see a therapist (治疗师). Three hours later, the therapist told Lili that my life was like a wheel spinning (旋转) faster and faster and that was the reason for what had happened to me. I only realized it when my body couldn’t stand the pressure anymore. At these words, Lili burst into tears. “It’s all my fault, she’s just a kid and I didn’t have time to take care of her….”  To be honest, I had never seen Lili cry before.

    After that, Lili began to spend more time at home, cooking and dragging me to do sports. I realized she was the one who would always be there when I was in real trouble. No mom is perfect, but she is the one who really cares about her kid.

26. Lili quitted her job and started her own business because _________.

A. she wanted to make more money

B. she was not willing to look after me

C. she didn’t want to waste her life

D. she likes keeping busy

27. We quarreled because __________.

A. she began to spend less and less time with me

B. she didn’t help me with my schoolwork.

C. she seldom attended the parents’ meetings in my school.

D. Lili and I were too busy to communicate much with each other.

28. What can we learn from the passage?

A. Most women don’t want to be a housewife.

B. Most children want their mothers to accompany them at home. 

C. We need to understand our mothers’ busy life.

D. Although mothers are not perfect, they all love the children

29. Which of the following statements is WRONG?

A. Lili is a quiet, strong-willed woman.

B. Lili began to spend more time at home after visiting the therapist.

C. I was scared and screamed in biology class because I hate butterflies.

D. I only realized my life was like a wheel when my body couldn’t stand the pressure anymore.

30. What is the best title for the passage?

A. Mom Does Care.

B. A Busy but Successful Mother.

C. Change From Mother to Businessman.

D. A Student’s Opinion on Mother.

                                     B

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31. Who are target learners of Rocket French Premium?

A. Students of the French language.

B. Language experts doing research into French.

C. Teachers who are eager to improve their students’ French.

D. Parents who want their children to learn French more quickly and easily.

32. Rocket French Premium describes itself as         .

A. free and funny                             B. practical and interactive

C. slow but efficient                         D. suitable for everyone

33. The ad claims learners of Rocket French Premium         .

A. will speak fluent French in six days

B. can take the entire course for free

C. will practice French in a restaurant or airport

D. won’t have to worry about the security of their email addresses

34. The underlined word “fast-track” in the passage probably means         .

A. speed up         B. pick up            C. change             D. solve

35. According to the text, which of the following statements is TRUE?

A. The Rocket French course lasts for 6 days.

B. Thousands of people worldwide have benefited from Rocket French Premium.

C. People will enroll in Rocket French Premium for different reasons, but all can be confident that they will be confident French speakers in the shortest time.

D. Rocket French Premium mainly aims to introduce second-language learners to French culture.

C

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    More than 100 years after this playful boy was “born”, Peter Pan and his friends are to continue their adventure in a sequel(续集)to J.M. Barrie’s original novel. “Peter Pan in Scarlet”(重返梦幻岛),written by British author Geraldine McCaughrean, was published earlier this month.

    The sequel brings all the original characters back. Peter Pan’s friends, the Lost Boys, are now grown up and live in the real world. What’s more, at the end of the first book, Peter Pan thinks he has killed his enemy, Captain Hook. But ,new readers discover he is not so dead at all.

    For those who are unfamiliar with the original story, Peter Pan lives in faraway Neverland with a group of orphans. But they are eager for a real mother and Peter Pan flies to London with a fairy(仙女), Tinkerbell, to find one. They visit a young girl, Wendy,who loves to read stories, and bring her and her two brothers back to Neverland to live with them. In Neverland, children never have to grow up, and there are no parents to tell them what to do.

    Many teenagers dream of a world where they don’t have to grow old and take responsibility. But, the author explains such a world is not the paradise(乐园)when it first appears: adventures can be scary and often dangerous, and, though we all sometimes dream of running away, we all need someone to love and look after us too.

36. The passage is written to ________.

A. tell you about an unrealistic dream

B. introduce novels about Peter Pan

C. analyze the difficulties of growing up

D. explain why Peter Pan can’t grow old

37. “Peter Pan in Scarlet” is about _________.

A. how some children fought against the pirate–Captain Hook

B. the care–free life the children led in Neverland

C. how peter Pan looked for a real mother for the Lost Boys

D. how the Lost Boys return to Neverland for more adventures

38. The stories of Peter Pan and the Lost Boys reflect that those at their age ________.

A. are ready to shoulder responsibility

B. choose adventures in faraway places

C. long for independence but also need someone to love them

D. can’t wait to grow up

39. The place Peter Pan and his friend stay is named Neverland probably because         .

A. they never have to grow up

B. they don’t have parents

C. they never have troubles

D. they never need to worry

40. Peter Pan flies to London _________.

A. to find a fairy                                B. to visit a young girl

C. to find a real mother                          D. to earn money

                                  D

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    The above explains why young British people now don’t move out of their parents’ home until they are around 30 years old on average. It is not until they are 30 that they can afford their own home. Increasingly, it is not until that age that they can afford to get married and start a new life in a new home. It’s only after this age that many young people start thinking about having a child.

    So a British person manages to get a job, get a home and get married. Why isn’t he or she then having at least two children on average? The main reason is that it is quite expensive to bring up a child in the UK. Why is it expensive? Well, these days, both parents need to work just to pay for their home and living expenses. Because both parents are at work, that means they then need to pay someone to look after their child during the day. Paying for this childcare is nearly always expensive.

    The recent financial crisis is making things even harder for families, since unemployment is rising and even fewer people can afford to have children. With so much pressure on families, is it any surprise that the divorce rate is so high?

    So what is Britain doing to try and save the British family? The government is trying to make it cheaper to have children. For example, there have been increases in money families can claim from the state each month. Also, there are increasing government subsidies for nursery schools, so that parents do not need to pay so much for child care.

    The government is also trying to reduce the number of hours British parents have to work to earn enough money to pay their bills. If parents didn’t have to work so many hours, they’d have more time to spend with their children and wouldn’t need to spend so much on childcare. On average, a Briton works 49 hours a week, which is the most in Europe. The state is now considering introducing laws to encourage companies to improve their employees’ work-life balance. Let’s hope they’re not too late to save the British family. Otherwise, the British will always be too tired, and won’t have enough time and money, to have children.

 41. Young British people live in their parents’ home until around 30 because         .
A. They are allowed to get married at 30
B. they can’t find jobs to support themselves
C. they can’t afford a house of their own until then
D. they enjoy family life with their parents

42. The British are now having fewer children than before for all the following reasons EXCEPT that         .
A. they have fewer years to have children
B. they live much shorter lives than before
C. it is more expensive to bring up a child
D. people are losing their jobs because of the recent financial crisis

43. To make it cheaper to have children, the British government is         .
A. bringing down prices              B. raising the salaries of parents
C. reducing family income tax        D. increasing subsidies for families and nursery schools

44. It can be inferred from the text that         .

A. with long work hours, it is hard for British parents to balance life and work

B. more and more families in Britain are breaking up because they are having fewer children

C. among Europeans, British people work hardest and earn the least

D. childcare takes up too much energy and time for the British

45. The underlined word “subsidies” in Paragraph 5 means _________.

A. food paid by the government

B. school buildings for poor students

C .free transportation

D. money from the government to benefit the public