绝密★启用前 试卷类型：A
2013年普通高等学校招生全国统一考试 (广东卷)
茂名市第一次模拟考试
英 语
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(B)填涂在答题卡相应位置上。将条形码横贴在答题
卡右上角“条形码粘贴处”。 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。 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。 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。
There are many moments in life when we become angry with others because of something they said or did against us. Anger is just one letter short of danger -- it seems to be as __1__ in English as well as in practice. In fact, those who are easy to get angry are in greater physical __2__ than those who smoke or have high blood pressure.
One little boy said about his __3__: “When she starts to get angry, you have to look __4__ and serious. Don't laugh. When mommies are mad, they get madder when you __5__.”
The good news is that __6__ getting angry does not seem to be the problem. Well-directed anger can be a helpful __7__. But Staying angry is __8__ -- to our health and to our relationships. We must have a forgiving heart for our own peace of mind. When we __9__ to forgive, that hatred eats at us little by little until we are consumed by it. We should realize that forgiveness is to
our benefit just as much as it is to the one we are __10__. Here are four simple __11__ that can help move us out of the danger zone. __12__ it. Uncontrolled anger will take over. Talk it out. Don't keep it in and let it go bad.
Act on it. Do what needs to be done to resolve the situation.
End it. Just as there is a __13__ point for anger, there must be an ending. Make a __14__ not to stay angry.
It can help to remember that for every minute we're angry, we __15__ sixty seconds of happiness and sixty seconds of peace. The sooner we get out of the danger zone, the sooner we can get back to happy life. 1.A. true 2.A. anger 3.A.father 4.A. scared 5.A. cry 6.A. gradually 7.A. exercise 8.A.beneficial 9.A. refuse 10.A. hating 11.A. rules 12.A. Hide 13.A.ending 14.A. decision 15.A. use 1. 【答案】A
【解析】考查形容词的用法及上下文的呼应。A.true真实的，准确的； B.strange奇怪的； C.different不同的； D.common共同的。根据in fact后的内容可知生气就和危险少一个英文字母，似乎在英语上的拼写上和实际上中的关系都是真的（true），故选A。
B. strange B. appearance B. mother B. interested B. escape B.frequently B.medicine B.accessible B. decide B.fighting B. steps B. Abandon B. starting B. record B. lack
C. different C. danger C. sister C. puzzled C. quarrel C. simply C. habit C. dangerous C.tend C. forgiving C.conclusions C. Understand C. turning C. bet C. owe
D. common D. difficulty D. teacher D. surprised D. laugh D. suddenly D. emotion D. impossible D.attempt D.helping D. warnings D. Control D. melting D. point D. lose
2. 【答案】C
【解析】考查名词的用法及上下文的呼应。A. anger生气； B. appearance 出现；C. danger危险； D. difficulty困难。根据上文可知生气与危险的关系。容易生气的那些人比那些吸烟和高血压的人更危险， 3. 【答案】B
【解析】考查名词的用法及上下文的呼应。A.father父亲； B. mother母亲； C. sister姐妹； D. teacher老师。根据下文When mommies are mad可知他在告诉关于母亲的事情。一个小男孩谈到他母亲的时候说……，故选B。 4. 【答案】A
【解析】考查形容词的用法及上下文的呼应。A. scared害怕的； B. interested 感兴趣的；C. puzzled困惑的； D. surprised吃惊的。当她生气的时候，你必须看起来很害怕或者很认真严肃，故选A。 5. 【答案】D
【解析】考查动词的用法及上下文的呼应。A. cry哭； B. escape逃跑； C. quarrel吵架； D. laugh嘲笑。根据Don't laugh可知当你笑的时候，妈妈会更生气的。故选D。 6. 【答案】C
【解析】考查副词的用法及上下文的呼应。A. gradually逐渐地； B.frequently频繁地； C. simply简单地，仅仅； D. suddenly突然。好消息是仅仅突然生气好像不是什么问题，故选C。
7. 【答案】D
【解析】考查名词的用法及上下文的呼应。A. exercise 练习；B.medicine药； C. habit习惯； D. emotion情绪。根据常识可知引导好的生气可能是有益的情绪，故选D。 8. 【答案】C
【解析】考查形容词的用法及上下文的呼应。A.beneficial有益的； B.accessible易接近的； C. dangerous 有害的，危险的；D.impossible不可能的。Be dangerous to对……有害； 一直保持生气是对身体和我们的关系有害的。故选C。 9. 【答案】A
【解析】考查动词的用法及上下文的呼应。A. refuse 拒绝；B. decide决定； C.tend照料； D.attempt试图。根据上文我们必须有一个宽容的为了我们自己的心灵的安宁。当我们拒绝原谅时，憎恨就会逐渐地吞吃我们直到我们被消灭，故选A。
10. 【答案】C
【解析】考查动词的用法及上下文的呼应。A.hating憎恨； B.fighting战斗； C. forgiving 原谅；D.helping帮助。我们应该意识到我们应该意识到原谅别人对于我们自己和对方同样重要，故选C。 11. 【答案】B
【解析】考查名词的用法及上下文的呼应。A. rules规则； B. steps步骤， 步伐；C.conclusions结论； D. warnings警告。根据下文可知这里有四个步骤，能帮助我们走出危险区，故选B。 12. 【答案】D
【解析】考查动词的用法及上下文的呼应。A. hide躲藏； B. abandon遗弃； C. understand 理解；D. control控制。控制生气，故选D。 13. 【答案】B
【解析】考查形容词的用法及上下文的呼应。A.ending结束； B. starting 开始；C. turning转向； D. melting融化。根据下文ending 可知这里应是与它相反的单词。由生气的开始就有生气的结束，故选B。 14. 【答案】A
【解析】考查形容词的用法及上下文的呼应。A. decision 决定；B. record纪录； C. bet打赌； D. point要点。这里是make a decision 决定；做出决定不要生气，故选A。 15. 【答案】D
【解析】考查形容词的用法及上下文的呼应。A. use使用； B. lack缺乏； C. owe 欠；D. lose失去。我们每一分钟生气的时候，我们就失去60秒的幸福和60秒的和平，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标号为16～25的相应位置上。
A few months ago we started a blog called \（自白） of an English Learner.\blog is__16__ you to share your stories about language misunderstandings. Many of you provided advice about __17__ you learned English. Thanks to everyone who __18__ (join) the discussion on the blog so far.
One web visitor described his __19__ (difficult) with two English language words that sound similar __20__ are very different in meaning. Moises wrote from his home in El Salvador. He described a mistake he made on his first visit __21__ the United States. At the time, Moises was working on a cruise ship. It was his second day. He was organizing some of his belongings __22__ a co-worker came into the room they were sharing. The co-worker asked, \and excited __23__ (use) his English. He answered, \Well, everyone in the room started laughing and Moises did not understand the joke. __24__ new friends then explained that \eat.
Moises said this incident happened ten years ago. He added, \__25__ English teacher now?\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。
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Six years ago, I walked into a local animal shelter on a cold, rainy day. Although my house was already full of cats and dogs, I still couldn’t resist an occasional visit to the shelter. This time as I was walking down the row of pens full of barking dogs I noticed a small boy looking into one of them.
He had a malnourished（营养不良的） looking body and a bony face with a big nose sticking out of the middle of it. He was looking at a small, golden dog. Its bony ribs were showing and its thin tail was folded between its legs. It wasn’t begging for attention like the other puppies but was hiding in the corner instead. The boy looked up at me with sad eyes and asked what was wrong with it. “It was probably abused and abandoned”, I said. “That is why it is so scared.”
The boy immediately turned to an older lady and said, “Grandma, I want this one.” The old woman smiled and walked to the front desk to fill out the adoption forms. I followed and asked about the boy. I found out that he’d had a rough start in life too. She had just gotten custody（监护权） of him after the state had taken him from his parents. She had hoped getting a dog would