2013届高三六校第二次联考
英语试题
命题学校：东莞中学
六校分别为：广州二中、中山纪中、东莞中学、珠海一中、深圳实验、惠州一中 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。
A king in Africa had a close friend with whom he had grown up. The friend had a habit of looking at every bad situation that occurred in his life and 1 , “This is good!”
One day the king and his friend were out on a hunting 2 . The friend would 3 the guns for the king. But this time he had 4 done something wrong in preparing one of the guns, for after taking the gun from his friend, the king fired it and his thumb was blown off.
Examining the 5 the friend remarked as usual, “This is good!” to which the king replied, “No, this is NOT good!” and 6 imprisoned his friend.
About a year later, the king was hunting in an area where he should have known not to hunt. Cannibals(食人者) __7 him and took him to their village. They tied his hands, set up a wooden post and 8 him to it. As they came close to set fire to burn the king, they 9 that the king was missing a thumb. Being superstitious, they never ate anyone who was less than whole. So 10 the king, they sent him on his way.
As he returned home, he was 11 of the event that had taken his thumb and felt sorry for his treatment of his friend. He went immediately to the 12 to speak with his friend. “You were right,” he said, “it was good that my thumb was blown off.” Then he 13 to tell the friend all that had just happened.
“I feel 14 for sending you to jail for so long. It was bad for me to do this.” “No,” his friend replied, “this is good!”
“What do you mean? How could it be good that I sent my friend to jail for a year?” “If I had NOT been in jail, I would have been with you, and I would have been ___15 !” 1. A. joking 【答案】B
B. remarking
C. announcing
D. whispering
【解析】考查非谓语动词及语境的理解。 A.开玩笑； B.评论； C.宣布； D.低语。 由第三段“……the friend remarked as usual，”可知国王的朋友看见发生在生活中的每个糟糕的情况都会评论说，“这很好！”故选B。 2. A. expectation 【答案】C
【解析】考查名词及语境的理解。A.期待，预期； B.经历，体验； C.远征，出征； D.实验，尝试。通过下文可知，这一天国王和他的朋友出征去打猎了。故选C。 3. A. prepare 【答案】Aks5u
【解析】考查动词的运用及语境的理解。A.准备； B.安排； C.携带，搬运； D.握住，持有，举行。由“But this time he had 4 done something wrong in preparing one of the guns.....”可知“朋友会为国王准备（prepare ）好枪。” 4. A. deliberately 【答案】B
【解析】考查副词及语境的理解。A.故意地，谨慎地； B.显然地，似乎； C.自然地； D.特别地，专门地。通过后半句“......for after taking the gun from his friend, the king fired it and his thumb was blown off.”“国王从朋友手中接过枪，打了火他的拇指就被割掉了。”可知这次他似乎在准备其中一支枪的过程中出了差错。 5. A. thumb 【答案】D
【解析】考查名词及语境的理解。A.拇指； B.国王；C.枪； D.情况，形势。
他肯定在检查过国王的拇指和枪的全部情况（situation）之后，才像往常一样评论说，“这挺好！”
6. A. angrily B. calmly 【答案】A
【解析】考查副词及语境的理解。A.生气地； B.平静地； C.懊悔地； D.高兴地。 国王的拇指被爆切掉了，他还说好，国王自然会很生气地把他囚禁起来。故选A。 7. A. caught 【答案】A
【解析】考查动词过去时及语境的理解A.捕捉； B.警告；C .抢劫； D.狩猎。食人者先捉
B. warned
C. robbed
D. hunted
C. regretfully
D. joyfully
B. king
C. gun
D. situation
B. apparently
C. naturally
D. specially
B. arrange
C. carry
D. hold
B. experience
C. expedition
D. experiment
住（caught）他，才能把他带到他们的村庄。 8. A. connected 【答案】D
【解析】考查动词过去时词及语境的理解。A.连接； B.有关； C.包裹； D.固定。 他们绑住他的手，立起一支木杆并把他固定（fastened）在上面。 9. A. observed 【答案】C
【解析】考查动词过去时词及语境的理解。A.观察； B.懂得，明白；C.注意到； D.抱怨。 当食人者走进点着火要烧国王的时候，他们注意到（noticed）国王失去了一个拇指。” 10. A. untying 【答案】A
【解析】考查非谓语动词及语境的理解。A.解开； B.原谅； C.远眺 ；D.敲打。 前面提到，食人者不吃不完整的人，而国王掉了拇指，所以就把他解开并放他回去。 11. A. recalled 【答案】D
【解析】考查动词被动语态及语境的理解。A.回想，召回； B.控告； C.通知，告知； D.提醒。remind sb. of/about sth.指“使某人想起某事，使想起……”当天回到家，他想起了失去拇指的那件事，为这样对待他的朋友感到难过。故选D。 12. A. house B. jail 【答案】B
【解析】考查名词及语境的理解。A.住宅； B.监狱； C.村庄； D.王国。
根据第三段“No, this is NOT good!” and 6 imprisoned his friend.因为国王把他的朋友囚禁起来了，所以他得去监狱（jail）找他谈话。 13. A. stopped 【答案】C
【解析】考查动词及语境的理解。A.停止； B.犹豫； C.继续； D.拒绝。 因为前面说了一些话，所以然后继续告诉他的朋友刚才所发生的一切。故选C。 14. A. fortunate 【答案】C
【解析】考查形容词及语境的理解。A.幸运的； B.愚蠢的； C.内疚的； D.痛苦的。 根据
B. foolish
C. guilty
D. painful
B. hesitated
C. continued
D. refused
C. village
D. kingdom
B. accused
C. informed
D. reminded
B. forgiving
C. overlooking
D. beating
B. understood
C. noticed
D. complained
B. related
C. wrapped
D. fastened
“It was bad for me to do this.”得知后来，国王对于把朋友送到监狱这么长时间感到很愧疚。 15. A. burnt 【答案】D
【解析】考查被动语态及语境的理解。A.燃烧； B. 煮； C.着火，点燃； D.吃。 这里是被动语态，所以四个选项都是过去分词。根据上文可知最后，朋友说，“如果我不在监狱里，我会和你在一起，我可能已经被吃掉了。”故选D。
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括号为16-25的相应位置上。
There are times when people are so tired that they fall asleep almost anywhere. We can see a lot of people sleeping on the bus or train on their way home __16__ work in the evening. A man will be reading the newspaper, and seconds later it appears as if he is trying to eat it. Or he will fall asleep on the shoulder of the stranger sitting next to him. Another place where __17__ (plan) short sleep goes on is in the lecture hall __18__ a student will start snoring so loudly that the professor has to ask __19__ student to shake the sleeper awake. A more __20__ (embarrass) situation occurs when a student starts falling into sleep and __21__ weight of the head pushes the arm off the desk, and the movement carries the rest of the body along. The student wakes up on the floor with no memory of getting there. The __22__ (bad) time to fall asleep is when driving. Police reports are full of accidents that occur when people fall into sleep and go off the road. __23__ the drivers are lucky, they are not seriously hurt. One woman?s car, for example, went into the river. She woke up in four feet of water and thought that it __24__ (rain). When people are really tired, __25__ will stop them from falling asleep — no matter where they are.
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，并在答题卡将该项涂黑。
A
B. cooked
C. fired D. eaten
Mark and his brother Jason both were looking at the shining new computer enviously. Jason was determined not to go against their father?s wishes but Mark was more adventurous than his brother. He loves experimenting and his aim was to become a scientist like his father.
“Dad will be really mad if he finds out you?ve been playing with his new computer” Jason said, “He told us not to touch it.”
“He won?t find out,” Mark said, “I?ll just have a quick look and shut it down.”
Mark had been scolded before for touching his father?s equipment. But his curiosity was difficult to control and this new computer really puzzled him.
It was a strange-looking machine — one his dad had brought home from the laboratory where he worked. “It?s an experimental model,” his father had explained, so don?t touch it under any circumstances.” But his father?s warning only served to make Mark more curious. Without any further thought, Mark turned on the power switch. The computer burst into life and seconds later, the screen turned into colours, shifting and changing, and then two big white words appeared in the centre of the screen: “SPACE TRANSPORTER.”
“Yes!” Mark cried excitedly, “It?s a computer game. I knew it! Dad?s only been pretending to work. He?s really been playing games instead!” A new message appeared on the screen:
“ENTER NAMES VOYAGE １ VOYAGE ２
Mark?s finger flew across the keyboard as he typed in both of their names. “INPUT ACCEPTED.
START TRANSPORT PROGRAM.
AUTO-RETRIEVE INITIATED(自动回收程序已启动).” The screen turn even brighter and a noise suddenly rose in volume.
“I think we?d better shut it off, Mark,” Jason yelled out in terror, reaching for the power switch. A beam(光束) of dazzling white light burst out of the computer screen, wrapping the boys in its glow(光芒)，until they themselves seemed to be glowing. Then it died down just as suddenly as it had burst into life. And the boys were no longer there. On the screen, the letters changed：
“TRANSPORT SUCCESSFUL．