[word校對(duì)版]2013年高考真題——廣東卷（英語(yǔ)）（含答案）

1、2013年普通高等學(xué)校招生全國(guó)統(tǒng)一考試(廣東卷)英語(yǔ)I 語(yǔ)言知識(shí)及應(yīng)用（共兩節(jié)，滿分45分）完形填空（共15小題；每小題2分，滿分30分）閱讀下面短文，掌握其大意，然后從115各題所給的A、B、C和D項(xiàng)中，選出最佳選項(xiàng)，并在答題卡上將該項(xiàng)涂黑。Numbersense is not the ability to count. It is the ability to recognize a 1 in number. Human beings are born with this ability. 2 ，experiments show that many animals are, too. Fo

2、r example, many birds have good number sense. If a nest has four eggs and you remove one, the bird will not 3 .However, if you remove two, the bird 4 leaves. This means that the bird knows the 5 between two and three.Another interesting experiment showed a birds 6 number sense. A man wastrying to ta

3、ke a photo of a crow(烏鴉)that had a nest in a tower, but the crow always left when she saw him coming. The bird did not 7 until the man left the tower. The man had an 8 .He took another man with him to the tower. One man left and the other stayed, but they did not 9 the bird. The crow stayed away unt

4、il the second man left, too. The experiment was 10 with three men and then with four men. But the crow did not return to the nest until all the men were 11 .It was not until five men went into the tower and only four left that they were 12 able to fool the crow.How good is a humans number sense? Its

5、 not very good. For example, babies about fourteen months old almost always notice if something is taken away from a 13 group. But when the number goes beyond three or four, the children are 14 fooled.It seems that number sense is something we have in common with many animals in this world, and that

6、 our human 15 is not much better than a crows.1.A. riseB. patternC. changeD. trend2.A. Importantly B. SurprisinglyC. DisappointedlyD. Fortunately3. A. surviveB. careC. hatchD. notice4. A. generally B. sincerelyC. casuallyD. deliberately5A. distance B. rangeC. differentD. interval6A. amazing B. annoy

7、ingC. satisfyingD. disturbing7. A. relaxB. recoverC. reactD. return8. A. appointmentB. excuseC. ideaD. explanation9. A. foolB. hurtC. catchD. kill10.A. reportedB. repeatedC. designedD. approved11.A. confusedB. goneC. tiredD. drunk12.A. graduallyB. luckilyC. strangelyD. finally13.A. singleB. smallC.

8、localD. new14. A. seldomB. temporarilyC. merely D. often15. A. sightB. natureC. abilityD. belief語(yǔ)法填空（共10小題；每小題1.5分，滿分15分）閱讀下面短文，按照句子結(jié)構(gòu)的語(yǔ)法性和上下文連貫的要求，在空格處填入一個(gè)適當(dāng)?shù)脑~或者括號(hào)中詞語(yǔ)的正確形式填空，并將答案填寫在答題卡標(biāo)號(hào)為1625的相應(yīng)位置上。One day, Nick invited his friends to supper. He was cooking some delicious food in the kitchen .Sudde

9、nly, he 16 (find)that he had run out of salt. So Nick called to his son, “Go to the village and buy some salt, but pay a fair price for it: neither too much 17 too little.”His son looked surprised. “I can understand why I shouldnt pay too much, Father, but if I can pay less, 18 not save a bit of mon

10、ey?”“That would be a very 19 (reason)thing to do in a big city, but it could destroy a small village like ours,” Nick said.Nicks guests, 20 had heard their conversation, asked why they should not buy sale more cheaply if they could. Nick replied,” The only reason a man would sell sale 21 a lower pri

11、ce would be because he was desperate for money. And anyone who took advantage of that situation would be showing a lack of respect 22 the sweat and struggle of the man who worked very hard to produce it.”“But such a small thing couldnt 23 (possible) destroy a village.”“In the beginning, there was on

12、ly 24 very small amount of unfairness in the world, but everyone added a little ,always 25 (think) that it was only small and not very important ,and look where we have ended up today.” 閱讀（共兩節(jié)，滿分50分）閱讀理解（共20小題；每小題2分，滿分40分）閱讀下列短文，從每題所給的A、B、C和D項(xiàng)中，選出最佳選項(xiàng)，并在答題卡上將該項(xiàng)涂黑。AImagination and fantasy can play an

13、 important role in achieving the things we fear. Children know this very well. Fred Epstein ,in his book If I Make It to Five, tells a story he heard from one of his friends about Tom, a four-year-old boy with a cancer in his back bone. He came through several operations and a lot of pain by masteri

14、ng his imagination.Tom loved to pretend, and he particularly loved to play superheroes ,Dr Epstein explained that it was actually a brilliant way for his young mind to handle the terrifying and painful life he led.The day before his third trip to the operating room, Tom was terribly afraid.” Maybe I

15、 could go as Superman ,”he whispered to his mom. Hearing this, the mother hesitated for a while. She had avoided buying the expensive costume(戲裝), finally she agreed.The next day Tom appeared as the powerful Superman, showing off through the hospital halls and coolly waving his hand to the people gr

16、eeting him along the way. And Tom, with the strength of his fantasy, successfully made it through the operation.The power of imagination need not be reserved for children only. We all have the power to use our fantasies to attempt things we never thought possible, to go through those things that see

17、m impossible, and to achieve what we never believed we could, Just as Dr. Epstein puts it ,”If you can dream it, you can do it”It doesnt mean that you should dress as a superhero for you next job interview. But, next time you are tested in a way that seems impossible, imagine what it would take to o

18、vercome it .Become the person you need to become to win over your challenge and do it in your mind first. So, let your imagination run wild, and dare to dream.26.What do we know about Tom?A. He was seriously illB. He was a dishonest boy.C. He was crazy about magicD. He was Dr. Epsteins patient27.Wha

19、t can be inferred about Toms mother?A. She was a rich ladyB. She refused Toms requestC. She wanted Tom to be a superheroD. She wanted to get Tom through the pain28.When Tom went for the third operation, he_.A. pretended to be painfulB. acted like a superheroC. appeared in poor spiritsD. argued with

20、his mother29.In the last paragraph, you are advised_.A. to go through some difficult testsB. to wake up from your wild dreamsC. to become a powerful person in your mindD. to wear expensive clothes for job interviews30.What is the purpose of the passage?A. To tell us an interesting story.B. To help u

21、s make right decisions.C. To advise us to care about children.D. To encourage us to use our imagination.BSome people think that success is only for those with talent or those who grow up in the right family, and others believe that success mostly comes down to luck. Im not going to say luck, talent,

22、 and circumstances dont come into play because they do .some people are born into the right family while others are born with great intelligence, and thats just the reality of how life is .However, to succeed in life, one first needs to set a goal and then gradually make it more practical. And, in a

23、ddition to that, in order to get really good at something, one needs to spend at least 10,000 hours studying and practicing. To become great at certain things, itll require even more time, time that most people wont put in.This is a big reason why many successful people advise you to do something yo

24、u love. If you dont enjoy what you do ,it is going to feel like unbearable pain and will likely make you quit well before you ever become good at it.When you see people exhibiting some great skills or having achieved great success, you know that they have put in a huge part of their life to get ther

25、e at a huge cost. Its sometimes easy to think they got lucky or they were born with some rare talent, but thinking that way does you no good, and theres a huge chance that youre wrong anyway.Whatever you do, if you want to become great at it, you need to work day in and day out, almost to the point

26、of addiction, and over a long period of time. If youre not willing to put in the time and work, dont expect to receive any rewards. Consistent, hard work wont guarantee you the level of success you may want, but it will guarantee that you will become really good at whatever it is you put all that wo

27、rk into.31. Paragraph 1 mainly talks about _.A. the reasons for successB. the meaning of successC. the standards of successD. the importance of success32. In Paragraph 2,the underlined word that refers to _.A. being good at somethingB. setting a practical goalC. putting in more timeD. succeeding in

28、life33.Successful people suggest doing what one loves because _.A. work makes one feel painB. one tends to enjoy his workC. one gives up his work easilyD. it takes a lot of time to succeed34.What can we infer from Paragraph 4?A. Successful people like to show their great skills.B. People sometimes s

29、ucceed without luck or talent.C. People need to achieve success at the cost of life.D. It helps to think that luck or talent leads to success.35.What is the main theme of the passage?A. Having a goal is vital to success.B. Being good is different from being great.C. One cannot succeed without time a

30、nd practice.D. Luck, talent and family help to achieve success.COne day, when I was working as a psychologist in England，an adolescent boy showed up in my office. It was David. He kept walking up and down restlessly, his face pale, and his hands shaking slightly. His head teacher had referred him to

31、 me. This boy has lost his family, he wrote. He is understandably very sad and refuses to talk to others, and Im very worried about him. Can you help?”I looked at David and showed him to a chair. How could I help him? There are problems psychology doesnt have the answer to, and which no words can de

32、scribe. Sometimes the best thing one can do is to listen openly and sympathetically.The first two times we met, David didnt say a word. He sat there, only looking up to look at the childrens drawings on the wall behind me. I suggested we play a game of chess. He nodded. After that he played chess wi

33、th me every Wednesday afternoon一in complete silence and without looking at me. Its not easy to cheat in chess, but I admit I made sure David won once or twice.Usually, he arrived earlier than agreed, took the chess board and pieces from the shelf and began setting them up before I even got a chance

34、to sit down. It seemed as if he enjoyed my company. But why did he never look at me?Perhaps he simply needs someone to share his pain with, I thought. Perhaps he senses that I respect his suffering.” Some months later, when we were playing chess, he looked up at me suddenly.Its your turn, he said.Af

35、ter that day, David started talking. He got friends in school and joined a bicycle club. He wrote to me a few times. about his biking with some friends, and about his plan to get into university. Now he had really started to live his own life.Maybe I gave David something. But I also learned that one

36、一without any words一can reach out to another person. All it takes is a hug, a shoulder to cry on, a friendly touch, and an ear that listens.36. When he first met the author, David_.A. felt a little excitedB. walked energeticallyC. looked a little nervousD. showed up with his teacher37. As a psycholog

37、ist, the author_.A. was ready to listen to DavidB. was skeptical about psychologyC. was able to describe Davids problemD. was sure of handling Davids problem38David enjoyed being with the author because he_.Awanted to ask the author for adviceBneed to share sorrow with the authorCliked the childrens

38、 drawings in the officeDbear the author many times in the chess game39What can be inferred about David?AHe recovered after months of treatment.BHe liked biking before he lost his family.CHe went into university soon after starting to talk.DHe got friends in school before he met the author.40What mad

39、e David change?AHis teachers help.BThe authors friendship.CHis exchange of letters with the author.DThe authors silent communication with him.DWhile Jennifer was at home taking an online exam for her business law class, a monitor（監(jiān)控器）a few hundred miles away was watching her every move.Using a web c

40、amera equipped in Jennifers Los Angeles apartment , the monitor in Phoenix tracked how frequently her eyes moved from the computer screen and listened for the secret sounds of a possible helper in the room. Her Internet access was locked remotely to prevent Internet searches , and her typing style w

41、as analyzed to make sure she was who she said she was: Did she enter her student number at the same speed as she had in the past? Or was she slowing down?In the battle against cheating , this is the cutting edge and a key to encourage honesty in the booming field of online education. The technology

42、gives trust to the entire system, to the institution and to online education in general. Only with solid measures against cheating, experts say, can Internet universities show that their exams and diplomas are valid that students havent just searched the Internet to get the right answers.Although on

43、line classes have existed for more than a decade ，the concern over cheating has become sharper in the last year with the growth of open online courses. Private colleges，public universities and corporations are jumping into the online education field , spending millions of dollars to attract potentia

44、l students，while also taking steps to help guarantee honesty at a distance.Aside from the web cameras, a number of other high-tech methods are becoming increasingly popular Among them are programs that check students identities using personal information, such as the telephone number they once used.

45、Other programs can produce unique exam by drawing on a large list of questions and can recognize possible cheaters by analyzing whether difficult test question are answered at the same speed as easy ones .As in many university classes ,term papers are scanned against some large Internet data banks f

46、or cheating.41. Why was Jennifer watched in an online exam ?A. To correct her typing mistakes.B. To find her secrets in the room.C. To prevent her from slowing down.D. To keep her from dishonest behaviors.42. The underlined expression cutting edge in Paragraph 3 is closest in meaning to _.A. advance

47、d teachiqueB. sharpening toolC. effective ruleD. dividing line43.For internet universities, exams and diplomas will be valid if _.A. they can attract potential studentsB. they can defeat academic cheatingC. they offer students online helpD. they offer many online courses44.Some programs can find out

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59、ple simply do not enjoy theJob they are doing .It does not give them any real satisfaction .It may be quite easy ,like making up wooden boxes ,but it is very boring. Very often they are doing a job which is just a small part of a much larger one ,such as attaching a door handle to a car .But the par

60、t they play in actually making the car is so small that they can never say :I have made something !Yet in modern society somebody has to do ordinary jobs such as cleaning streets because thisis the way society is organized .No matter how ordinary a job is, it plays a part in society and therefore de