1、广州市二模英语试题word版及参考答案2016年广州市普通高中毕业班综合测试（二）英语试题注意： 1本试卷分第I卷（选择题）和第卷（非选择题）两部分。答卷前，考生务必将自己的姓名、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，再选涂其他答案标号。写在本试卷上无效。 3回答第卷时，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
2、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。AThe best of adventure and sport in NSW If you want adventure, then the state of New SouthWales (NSW) in Australia is the place to go. No matterwhat the season, you can choose from a wide variety oflandscapes, climates, activities and experie
3、nces all witheasy access to tour operators and local guides. For snow lovers, theres no better place than theSnowy Mountains. Skiers and snowboarders can hit theslopes for some downhill thrills in Kosciuszko National. Park. Non-skiing adventure-seekers will enjoy hiking or snowshoeing. If water spor
4、ts are more your thing, there are plenty of places to go. Surfers youre your surfboards and head to Byron Bay, Shellharbour, or Newcastles Merewether Beach. To see spectacular sea life up close, visit Lord Howe Island, a world-famous destination for underwater diving. The oceans, lakes and rivers ar
5、ound NSW offer a lifetimes worth of exciting fishing and boating challenges. Want more? Experience the rush of whitewater rafting in Jindabyne and Penrith, or go barefoot waterskiing in Port Stephens. For adventure in NSW, the skys the limit! Book a hot-air-balloon or helicopter ride over the stunni
6、ng vineyards of the Hunter Valley, go skydiving in Wollongong, or try hang-gliding in Stanwell Park. Get to know the States unique and tough landscapes on a caving, canoeing or rock climbing adventure. Four-wheel-driving and off-roading tours are popular in both Country NSW and Outback NSW. Or explo
7、re parts of the State on horseback- youIl find great horse riding options in Sydney and throughout NSW.21. What is the purpose of this article? A. To advertise a new holiday tour. B. To describe the geography of NSW. C. To promote NSWs tourist attractions. D. To encourage people to move to NSW.22. W
8、here can you go barefoot waterskiing? A. Port Stephens. B. The Hunter Valley C. Stanwell Park. D. Wollongong.23. Who are the intended readers？ A. Families. B. Local guides.C. Photographers. D. Adventure travellers B The United States of America was founded in 1776 after the 13 independent American s
9、tates rose up against the ruling British, defeated them in the American Revolutionary War, and signed the Declaration of Independence, the document which declared the creation of the new country. The men who led the revolution, drafted the Declaration of Independence, and wrote the first American la
10、ws are known as founding fathers. Benjamin Franklin, whose picture is on the US 100-dollar note, was appointed to prepare the Declaration that was eventually signed by the other founding fathers. Franklin was born in 1706 in Boston to a soap maker named Josiah Franklin. His father could not afford f
11、ull schooling for all his children, but Benjamin loved books and worked in his elder brothers printing business before starting a newspaper called the Pennsylvania Gazette in 1729. He wrote and drew cartoons for the newspaper. In addition, he worked to improve living conditions in the city: introduc
12、ing street lights, cleaning the roads and building libraries. In the 1740s, Franklin retired from his newspaper and turned to science with great success. He was a very smart man and his work on electricity, including the kite experiment which confirmed the nature of lightning, made him famous throug
13、hout the world. Franklin earned the title of the “First American for his efforts to unite the 13 American states, and to win their independence. This part of the story starts in London. He was sent to the city to persuade the British to treat the American states more fairly. It was here that he bega
14、n interacting with important political thinkers and activists of the time and developing his own political ideas. Following his return to America in 1761 he became much more active in American politics and in the battle against British rule. After the United States of America was established, Frankl
15、in held several important positions such as the first United States Postmaster General, Ambassador to France and President of Pennsylvania. He is also famous today for his wise sayings, including a penny saved is a penny earned” and “an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.24. What is the ar
16、ticle mainly about? A. The American Declaration of Independence. B. Franklins contributions to American society. C. The American War of Independence. D. Benjamin Franklins early life.25. How did Franklin begin developing his own political thinking? A. By discussing ideas with political activists in
17、Britain. B. By persuading the 13 American states to unite. C. By fighting against British rule in America. D. By writing articles for his own newspaper.26. What can be inferred about Franklin from the article? A. His most important contribution was in science. B. He was th e leader of the “founding
18、fathers”. C. He was successful in many different areas. D. He came from a very wealthy family.27. What is the correct order for the following events from Franklins life? a. He started a newspaper business. b. He carried out the kite experience on electricity. c. He worked for his brother in a printi
19、ng company. d. He was appointed the Ambassador to France. e. He helped write the Declaration of Independence. f. He visited England to discuss independence. A. e, c, a, b, f, d B. c, a, b, f, e, dC. a, c, f, b, d, e D. f, d, a, b, c, eC Whether or not you believe Professor Stephen Hawkings alarming
20、theory that building a “strong” artificial intelligence (AI) could lead to the end of the human race, its clear that AI is reaching the point where soon it will affect almost every aspect of how we work with computers. We must get used to computers that talk back. Last year, investment bank Deep Ven
21、tures attracted much media attention when it announced that it had appointed an AI computer to its board of directors to help make important business decisions. What actually happened was that the company used a program called VITAL to analyse potential investments (授资) in different businesses. But
22、VITAL doesnt attend board meetings or vote - its just a program. While its not quite the evil robot we see in science fiction movies, it shows us how far computers and AI have advanced. Soon AI systems will be driving our vehicles, interpreting our facial expressions as we perform complex tasks, tra
23、nslating our voices into different languages and building other machines for us in factories around the world. But they wont look like us or pretend to be human. In the new film Ex Machina, a computer scientist is asked to assess whether a beautiful human-looking robot called Ava has human intellige
24、nce. I wont spoil the film for you, but it occurred to me that one of the reasons we believe other human beings are conscious and have intelligence is that were told they are all .the time. Indeed, if you stopped believing other people have minds, you would quickly find yourself unable to function i
25、n the world. Googles Eric Schmidt argues that we shouldnt worry about AI, and that we need instead to redesign our education systems so that we learn how to get on with the machines. As powerful computer-based intelligences continue developing, we must let go of the belief that only humans have inte
26、lligence and consciousness. Just as we have accepted the reality that the self-awareness that makes minds possible exists within the animal world, we may soon accept that it can also exist within the machine world.28. According to Professor Stephen Hawking, human beings . A. may be endangered by str
27、ong AI B. are still more intelligent than machines C. will benefit greatly from the advances in AI D. will never be able to build a strong AI system29. According to Paragraph 2, VITAL can . A. attend board meetings to vote B. make final decisions for the bank C. attract more investments to the bank
28、D. assess the value of different businesses30. The author predicts that AI machines will soon be able to . A. control peoples facial expressions B. construct other intelligent machines C. have a human-like physical appearance D. change peoples speeches into different languages31. Which of the follow
29、ing would the author most probably agree with? A. It is too late to stop the danger of artificial intelligence. . . B. Humans should learn to live with intelligent machines. C. Intelligent machines will eventually control the world. D. Only humans can have intelligence and consciousness.D Mature-age
30、 university students are annoying, I know. I understand that when youre 18 or 19, and already know everything, theres no need to do the readings or show up prepared for class. I also understand that there are these old people in class who should be doing other thingsmaybe retiring, or gardening in t
31、he backyard. They are eagerly asking questions (or worse, answering them) and generally loud. I understand because I used to be one of them. I dropped out of high school in Year 11 and after playing guitar in a band for a few years, I spent the next ten years working different jobs. Then a friend, w
32、ho thought I was wasting my life, suggested I enrol at his university. Although afraid, I eventually took a university preparation course and a year later became a 35-year-old university freshman. Like many mature-age students, after completing my degree, I continued studying and eventually attained my PhD. Now Im a lecturer at Toronto University in Canada. In fact, I have just finished preparing a group of mature-age students to annoy next years y
