2018届广东省肇庆市高三毕业班第二次统一检测英语试题（解析版）
本试卷共8页，卷面满分120分。考试用时120分钟。 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。答卷前，考生务必将自己的学校、姓名、考场号和座位号填写在答题卡上。因测试不考听力，第I卷从第二部分的“阅读理解”开始，试题序号从“21”开始。
2.回答第I卷时，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，再选涂其它答案标号。写在本试卷上无效。 3.回答第II卷时，将答案写在答题卡上。写在本试卷上无效。 4.考试结束后，将本试卷和答题卡一并交回。 第I卷
第二部分 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
Yuletide (圣诞节) Brunch With Dickens Thursday, December 8, 10:00 am ~ 1:00pm
Join us for a special brunch featuring delicious foods free from much salt and fat, soft beverages, and a special appearance of Gerald Charles Dickens! Reservations and advance payment are required. $30 per person. More information can be found by calling 800-448-3883.
Yuletide Brunch With Santa December 17 & 18, 9:00 am ~ 2:00 pm
Santa will appear in the morning. $35 per person. Children, ages 2 to 12, half off; children under 2 are free. Members receive 10% discount on parties of up to four. For reservations, call 302-888-4826.
About Glass Matters Wine Seminar and Tasting Hosted by Riedel, the wine glass company
Wednesday, December 14, 6:30 pm ~ 7:30 pm, Brown Horticulture Learning Center
Join us for a unique and fascinating wine seminar featuring Riedel crystal and delicious wine. Our speaker will
demonstrate how the shape of the glass influences our enjoyment of the wine. Price includes comparative tasting of four different wines and four crystal glasses from Riedel’s Veritas Collection to take home (a retail value of $138). The option to purchase more wine glasses sets at special pricing: $80 per member; $90 per nonmember. Purchase tickets online or by calling 800-484-3283. Tickets to this event include admission to Yuletide Jazz & Wine in the Galleries Reception Atrium on that evening.
1. Which phone number could people ring if they want to enjoy some healthy food? A. 800-448-3883 B. 302-888-4826 C. 800-484-3283 D. 800-888-4826
2. When will people meet Santa when attending Yuletide Brunch With Santa? A. December 17, 8:00 am. B. December 18, 1:00 pm. C. December 17, 1:00 pm. D. December 18, 10:00 am.
3. What can people do when attending About Glass Matters Wine Seminar and Tasting? A. Enjoy the performance of Santa. B. Taste all kinds of different wines. C. Appreciate Gerald Charles Dickens.
D. Learn how glasses influence the taste of the wine. 【答案】1. A 2. D 3. D
【解析】本文介绍圣诞前夕的几个活动。 1. A
细节理解题。根据第一段中Join us for a special brunch featuring delicious foods free from much salt and fat, soft beverages, and a special appearance of Gerald Charles Dickens! --- More information can be found by calling 800-448-3883.可知，如果想享受健康食物，请拨打800-448-3883。故选A。 2. D
推理判断题。根据Yuletide Brunch With Santa中December 17 & 18, 9:00 am ~ 2:00 pm可知，当人们参加Yuletide Brunch With Sant的时候，遇见Santa的时间是December 17 & 18, 9:00 am ~ 2:00 pm由此推知，D项正确。 3. D
细节理解题。根据最后一段中Our speaker will demonstrate how the shape of the glass influences our enjoyment of the wine.可知，人们参加About Glass Matters Wine Seminar and Tasting的时候要学习杯子如何影响酒的味道。故选D。
B
Billie Holiday was an American jazz singer and songwriter. Nicknamed Lady Day by her loyal friend and musical partner, Lester Young, Holiday had a great influence on jazz and pop singing. Her voiced style, strongly inspired by jazz instrumentalists, pioneered a new way of controlling tempo (节奏). Above all, she was admired for her deeply personal and direct approach to singing.
She co-wrote a few songs, and several of them have become jazz standards, notably God Bless the Child, Don’t Explain, and Lady Sings the Blues. She also became famous for singing jazz standards written by others, including Easy Living and Strange Fruit.
Her early career is hard to track down with accuracy. But she later gained work singing in local jazz clubs before being spotted by a talent scout (星探), John Hammond in 1933.
Her voice and recordings were loved for the depth of emotion and intensity she could bring to classic standards. Her range of voice was not the greatest, but her extraordinary low rough voice was soon to become very famous and influential.
She was an important icon (偶像) of the jazz era and influential in the development of jazz singing. In the late 1930s she began singing a civil rights song called Strange Fruit, a song which told the tale of a lynching (用私刑处死) of a black man in the Deep South. It was very controversial for that period and it was not played on radios. It was recorded for Commodore Records and she performed it many times over the next 20 years.
Billie Holiday had a difficult upbringing which influenced her attitude toward life. She experienced many violent relationships. She also became increasingly dependent on various drugs which contributed to her early death in 1959, aged just 44.
4. What made Holiday develop a new way of controlling tempo? A. Her musical partner. B. Her voiced style.
C. Jazz instrumentalists. D. Her direct approach to singing. 5. Why was the song Strange Fruit banned on radios? A. It was about a cruel story. B. It concerned civil rights. C. It was recorded very badly. D. It was performed many times. 6. It can be learned from the text that Holiday _____. A. had the greatest range of voice B. was gifted and had a happy childhood C. wrote a few songs including Easy Living D. was famous for her voice and way of singing 7. Which of the following had a great effect on Holiday?
a. John Hammond b. Her independence c. Jazz instrumentalists
d. Her hard experiences of growing A. a, b, c B. a, b, d C. a, c, d D. b, c, d
【答案】4. B 5. B 6. D 7. C
【解析】Billie Holiday是一个美国爵士乐歌手和词曲作家。本文介绍了她的演唱风格和演唱经历。 4. B
细节理解题。根据第一段第三句Her voiced style, strongly inspired by jazz instrumentalists, pioneered a new way of controlling tempo (节奏)可知，Holiday的表达风格让她发展了控制节奏的一种新的方式。故选B。 5. B
细节理解题。根据倒数第二段中In the late 1930s she began singing a civil rights song called Strange Fruit, a song which told the tale of a lynching (用私刑处死) of a black man in the Deep South. It was very controversial for that period and it was not played on radios.可知，歌曲Strange Fruit被禁止在收音机了播放是因为它涉及到了公民权利。故选B。 6. D
推理判断题。根据第二段第二句She also became famous for singing jazz standards written by others, including Easy Living and Strange Fruit.和倒数第三段最后一句Her range of voice was not the greatest, but her
extraordinary low rough voice was soon to become very famous and influential.可知，Holiday因为她的嗓音和演唱风格而著名。故选D。 7. C
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C
The night before your interview, the beating of your heart is so fast. You feel anxious, nervous and uneasy. Your imagination can make you feel like that. You’re confused if you are able to drag the time to finish everything or you
wish to stop it because there are a lot of “what ifs” in your mind.
Well, you call those feelings “interview nerves”. It’s normal for all people who have little experience to feel this. So how can you release nervousness in this situation? Actually there are some techniques to calm those anxious nerves.
Firstly, practice and prepare. Practice makes perfect. The more you are interviewed, the more confident you will be. If you have failed once, it doesn’t mean it’s the end of your world. Everybody has a lot of chances. All you’ve got to do is understand the reasons why you like the job.
Secondly, you should get your interview skills ready ahead of time. So, in terms of that, you must know the background of the company and the position that you’re applying for. Ask yourself: “Am I suitable for this kind of job? And do I have any extraordinary skills that I can show to them?” Think of some possible questions that you’re going to face and find good answers to those questions.
Thirdly, give only the facts and don’t tell your life story to them. Give associated answers to the questions. If they want to know about you, you could tell them something that is related to the job which you’re applying for. In addition, you may also practice an interview with another person.
Last but not least, find someone who could share their experience with you and help you create a realistic interview situation. Experience is a better teacher, most people say. Learn from other people’s experience. And one more thing, interview coaching actually has competitive advantages. Find a professional coach in your area. It can cost a little bit but it’s worth it for the personalized coaching that you’re going to receive. 8. The underlined words “what ifs” in Paragraph 1 most probably mean _____. A. ideas B. chances C. excuses D. questions
9. Why do we feel nervous and anxious before an interview according to the text? A. We aren’t well prepared. B. We have no special skills. C. We have failed once. D. We imagine too much.
10. In order to make your job interview more competitive, you should _____. A. learn to be more aggressive during the interview
B. have a good knowledge of the background of the company C. tell interviewers all about yourself whether it is questioned or not D. ask an experienced friend to go along with you 11. What’s the best title for the text? A. How to Prepare for Your Job Interview