1、广东省届高三惠州一模英语试题及答案惠州市 2016 届高三第一次模拟考试英语注意事项： 1. 本试卷分第卷（选择题）和第卷（非选择题）两部分。答卷前，考生 必将自己的姓名、考生号、考场号和座位号填写在答题卡上。因考试不考 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题标 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
2、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。ADear Daughter,As we drove off from Columbia University, I wanted to write a letter to you to tell you all that is on my mind.College will be the most important years in your life. It is in college that you will truly disco
3、ver what learning is about. I encourage you to be inquisitive,but I also want to tell you: Education is what you have left after all that is taught is forgotten. What I mean by that is the materials taught isnt as important as you gaining the ability to learn a new subject, and the ability to analyz
4、e a new problem. That is really what learning in college is about this will be the period where you go from teacher-taught to master-inspired, after which you must become a self-learner. So do take each subject seriously, and even if what you learn isnt critical for your life, the skills of learning
5、 will be something you cherish forever ， so do your best in classes and learn.Take care of yourself and follow your passion in college. Take courses you think you will enjoy. Dont be trapped in what others think or say.Most importantly, make friends and be happy. College friends are often the best i
6、n life. Pick a few friends and become really close to them pick the ones who are genuine and sincere to you. People are not perfect, so as long as they are genuine and sincere, trust them and be good to them. They will give back. This is my secret of success that I am genuine with people and trust t
7、hem (unless they do something to lose my trust).Please treasure your college years make the best of your free time, becomean independent thinker in control of your destiny, be bold to experiment, learn and grow through your successes and challenges. May Columbia become the happiest four years in you
8、r life, and may you blossom into just what you dream to be.Love, Dad (& Mom)21.What can we learn from paragraph 2?A.Education is what you learn at school.B.Ability is more important than knowledge.C.Learning and analyzing are equally important.D.Colleges only focus on skills of learning.22.The write
9、r thinks his daughter should .A.ask for his advice on her choice B. make a lot of friendsC. get along well with her friends D. spare no effort to succeed23.According to the passage, the writer is a father.A.wise and caring B. strict and warm-heartedC. generous and talented D. diligent and successful
10、24.Why does the father write this letter?A.To inform his daughter of college life. B. To show father s love.C. To broaden his daughter s mind. D. To guide his daughter.BAs the proverb goes, man struggles upwards; water flows downwards. Water runsdownhill from mountaintops to streams, to rivers and t
11、o oceans. But downhill isn t the only way that water moves. A new study measures how water travels from country to country for human consumption. This flow isn t the type we usually think scientists looked at the water used to grow and make the products which get shipped from nation to nation as imp
12、orts or exports. They call this a flow of “ virtualwater ”.We typically think about water as the liquid that flows from a tap. However,92 of the water used by people goes into growing crops, according to a water researcher Arjen Hoekstra. He recently studied the hidden travels of virtual water used
13、in products made from things like crops and meats. These products are shipped around the world.For example, consider a sugary soft drink. Hoekstra estimated that to produce one half-liter of the drink requires between 170 and 310 liters of water about 95% is used to grow and process the ingredients(
14、 原 料 ).Another 4 goes into the packaging and labelin g. In Hoekstra s calculation, when one country produces ahalf-liter of soda and sells it abroad ， it exports as much virtual water as wouldfill a large refrigerator According to Hoekstra s new report ， dry countries like Israel and Kuwait ，both in
15、 the Middle East, get the majority of their virtual water from other countries ， through imported products. More surprisingly, some wetter countries ， like theNetherlands and the United Kingdom, also get the majority of their virtual water from other places. That means that most of the water used to
16、 grow or produce the products and food consumed in those countries came from other countries.25.The proverb in Paragraph One is used to .A.inspire readers to struggle upward B. tell a law of natureC. introduce the topic of the passage D. summarize the main idea of the passage26.In which countries do
17、es most part of virtual water come from outside? .A.The United Kingdom and China B. America and IsraelC. The Netherlands and Kuwait D. The Netherlands and America27.What can be a suitable title for the passage?A. Benefits of Virtual Water B. Hidden Uses of WaterC. Crops and Virtual Water D. Water s
18、Worldwide Travels28.Where does the passage probably come from?A .A science news report. B. A newspaper advertisement.C. A book review. D. A science fiction story.CThough many Internet celebrities try to shrug off their fame, Yan Mingliang,27, has dreamed of joining the Internet elite（ 精英 ） ever sinc
19、e he entered college.However, luck didn t favor him. Instead, fame fell into the lap of his pet dog, Beiji. In early 2015, Yan used his microblog to post two pictures of Beiji lying on the ground, and they went viral on social media. Because he took the photos ata strange angle, it almost looks like
20、 Beiji s body has fallen apart.Finally, Yan got to experience what is like to be an Internet celebrity, or more accurately, the owner of an Internet celebrity dog. New followers started to flood in, and Yan received hundreds of private messages each day. In less than four weeks, Yan managed to attra
21、ct more than 20,000 followers. “I am famous now.” Yan thought at that time.However, fame didn t just bring joy, but also annoyance. Since Beiji was only 3 months old and Yan sometimes had to put him into a cage as a means of “ education ” , there were also private messages from followers who fiercel
22、y criticized Yan for being too cruel.“ It gradually occurred to me that no matter how frankly you present yourself on social media, Internet users only witness part of your life. And their judgmentsdepend on that partial life story of yours, ” said Yan, “They dont know how hard it is to raise a pet
23、dog when you re unemployed, Yan explained. They also don t care about whether the dog they re enjoying is being pushed too hard. ”Yan finally decided to leave his Internet fame behind and focus more on his real life. “The lesson I learned is that, if you can t live up to your followers expectations,
24、 it s better not to be an Internet celebrity, ” he said.29.The underlined phrase “went viral ” in Paragraph 2 probably means .A. were exposed B. became widely-spreadC. were criticized D. became viruses30.Why did Yan become famous?A. Because his dog became famous.B.Because he posted two pictures on t
25、he Internet.C.Because he took a strange picture.D.Because he became an Internet celebrity.31.How did Yan probably feel at first when he realized he became well-known?A. puzzled and annoyed B. surprised and tiredC. disappointed and annoyed D. excited and joyful32.What can we infer from what Yan said
26、in the last two paragraphs?A. It is hard to raise a pet dog.B.He isn t fully understood on the Internet.C.He decided to stop making use of his microblog.D. Internet celebrities can t satisfy their followers.DYou might think going to school during the summer is opposite to what summertime is all abou
27、t. But for the thousands of Calgary kids with a true love of learning, there s no better time to have fun with their education, while at the same time getting a rough idea of what their post-secondary future might hold.The University of Calgary, Mount Royal University and SAIT Polytechnic all offer
28、summertime programs that give kids hands-on experience in the labs and other facilities they ll be working in down the road.“Our bread and butte r is Mini University PhD,” says Don McSwiney, spokesperson for U of C Summer Camps. “The idea is to give people a fun learning experience and a hands-on le
29、arning experience, which helps kids understand concepts better than learning in a book. ” Mini University PhD gets kids into the labs and art studios of the U of C, where they take part in programs such as The Scientist, where they learn about topics like mapping DNAa nd creating volcanoes. Mini U p
30、rograms dealing with art and sports are also being offered this year. Minds in Motion motivates kids to explore science, engineering and technology in a hands-on way.At Mount Royal, the MRUK ids program is marking its 20th anniversary. “We haveabout 18 different programs for children from 6 to 17.”
31、says progra m administrator Maya Anderson. Theres also the ConocoPhillips Youth Science Academy for ages 13 to 17， which focuses more on the academic - those who want to go into science. More than 3,200 kids are expected to take part in MRU summer programs, which helps to keep kids engaged in learni
32、ng through the summer in a fun way.SAIT Polytechnic has added more camps for the grades 4 to 6 range, and the list includes topics ranging from Sports Science and SCISpy, to Planet Protectors (energy, engineering, environment).“We focus on building self - confidence in our campers, ” says Jaros. “Making them confident in their ability to learn and become reengaged in learning, without the pressure of school. ”33.If a student wants to know how to map D
