广东肇庆2010届高三二模英语试题

英 语 试 题

II、语言知识及应用（共两节, 满分35分）

第一节：单项填空（共10小题，每小题2分，满分20分）

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从21—30个题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

In a telephone survey of more than 2,000 adults，21% said they believed the sun revolved (旋转)around the earth. An additional 7% did not know which revolved around which. I have no doubt that all o f these people were __21__ in school that the earth revolves around the sun; ___22__may even have written it on a test. But they never __23___ their incorrect mental models of planetary (行星的) motion because their everyday observations didn't support what their teachers told them: People see the sun "moving __24___ the sky as morning turns to night，and the earth seems stationary (静止的) while that is happening. Students can learn the right answers by __25___ in class，and yet never combined them with their working models of the world. The objectively correct answer the professor accepts and the ___26___ personal understanding of the world can __27___ side by side，each unaffected by the other.

Outside of class，the student continues to accept the model ___28____because it has always worked well in that circumstance. Unless professors address specific errors in students' personal models of the world，students are not ___29___ to replace them with the ___30___ one.

21．A．learned B．suggested C．taught D．advised

22．A．those B．these C．who D．they

23．A．formed B．altered C．believed D．thought

24．A．around B．across C．on D．above

25．A．heart B．hand C．ink D．paper

26．A．adult's B．teacher's C．scientist's D．student's

27．A．exist B．occur C．survive D．maintain

28．A．privately B．individually C．personally D．generally

29．A．obliged B．likely C．probable D．partial

30．A．perfect B．better C．reasonable D．correct

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31—40的相应位置上。

For many environmentalists, the world seems to be getting worse. They have developed a it-list of our main fears: natural resources are running oless and less to eat species are becomingvast numbers, and the planet’s air resources have become more abundant not less so. is now at any time in history. Third, although species are indeed becoming extinct, only about 0.7% of them are expected in the next 50 years, not 25~50%, as has so often been predicted. And finally, most forms of environmental pollution ve been predicted, or are

too short–turn out to be an inappropriate response to it. yet opinion polls suggest that many people develop the this disjunction.

III．阅读（共两节，满分40分）

第一节：阅读理解（共15小题，每小题2分，满分30分）

阅读下面短文，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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A serious problem for today's society is who should be responsible for our elderly and how to improve their lives．It is not only a financial problem but also a question of the system we want for our society．I would like to suggest several possible solutions to this problem．

First, employers should take the responsibility for their retired employees．To make this possible, a percentage of profits should be set aside for this purpose．But when a company must take life-long responsibility for its employees, it may suffer from a commercial disadvantage due to higher employee costs．

Another way of solving the problem is to return the responsibility to the individual．This means each person must save during his working years to pay for his years of retirement．This does not seem a very fair model since some people have enough trouble paying for their daily life without trying to earn extra to cover their retirement years． This means the government might have to step in to care for the poor．

In addition, the government could take responsibility for the care of the elderly．This could be financed through government taxes to increase the level of pensions．Furthermore, some institutions should be created for senior citizens, which can help provide a comfortable life for them．Unfortunately, as the present situation in our country shows, this is not a truly viable answer．The government can seldom afford to care for the elderly, particularly when it is busy trying to care for the young．

One further solution is that the government or social organizations establish some working places especially for the elderly where they are independent．

To sum up, all these options have advantages and disadvantages．Therefore, it is reasonable to expect that some combination of these options may be needed to provide the care we hope to give to our elderly generations．

41．What is the passage mainly about?

A．The problems faced by the old in society．

B．Why we should take responsibility for the old．

C．How we can improve the lives of the old．

D．Where the old can go to get their pensions．

42．According to the passage, how can the government help to improve the lives of retired people?

A．Set aside some profits to help people with problems after they retire．

B．Increase savings levels of people during their working years．

C．Increase the discounts for food and transport for the old．

D．Make available pensions for those who have retired．

43．"．

A．impossible B．practical C．useful D．important

44．What can be concluded from the passage?

A．Taking care of the old is mainly an issue of money．

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