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秘密★启用前 试卷类型:A

2018届广州市高三年级调研测试

英 语

2017.12

本试卷共 10 页，满分 120 分。考试用时 120 分钟。

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A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

A

Metropolis Book Club

Membership:

All you need to do is fill out the order form at the bottom of the page, select your first order from our book list and then post the completed form back to us.

Special offers for new members:

? As a special offer, you may choose any reduced-price books from our new members’ book

list, to the value of 100 yuan in total.

? Tick the box on your form to order a free watch.

? Join before the end of this month and you receive another free book carefully chosen by our

staff.

? Order an audio-book from the many on offer, at half the recommended retail price. When you’ve joined:

As a member you get around 50% off the publisher’s price of every book you buy, and what’s more, they come straight to your door. Your free club magazine arrives once a month to keep you up to date with the latest best-sellers we’ve added to our list. On the Internet, you can find all our titles for the year at our exclusive members’ website. Our website also has a book swap service where members can request or offer books for exchange.

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Being a member:

All you have to do is order four books during your first year. After that, you can decide on the number of books you wish to take.

In each of your monthly club magazines, our experienced staff choose a “Book of the Month” for you, which is offered at an extra-special price. If you do not want this book, just say so in the space provided on the form and send it back to us. We always send the book if we do not receive this form.

Once we receive your order, your books are delivered within one week. And remember, you have up to a fortnight to decide if you wish to keep the books you have ordered. If they aren’t what you expected just send them back!

21. How can you become a member of the Metropolis Book Club? A. By ordering a watch free of charge.

B. By sending the advertisement to the club. C. By choosing books with special prices.

D. By returning the completed order form.

22. What information does the monthly magazine give members?

A. The percentage saved on each book. B. The names of all the books sold by the club. C. The list of the newest books available to buy. D. The books that can be swapped by club members. 23. What can we infer from the last part of the passage?

A. At least four books should be bought each year. B. Members can look at the books before they buy them. C. Members need to buy the “Book of the Month”. D. The more books bought, the higher the member’s grade.

B

Paloma sat at a computer in the school library. She stared at the blank screen and the blinking cursor. She rummaged around in her backpack for a rubber band, and then she pulled her hair into a thick ponytail. Paloma looked at the computer screen. It was still blank. She sighed and flipped through her notebook to reread the assignment Mr. Molina had given the class three weeks ago. It was due in just two days, and Paloma knew that she couldn’t procrastinate any longer.

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Write a creative short story using an experience that you have had recently, Paloma read. Your story should include two examples of figurative language.

Paloma and her family had recently taken a trip along North Carolina’s coast. They had visited four different lighthouses, and Paloma wondered what it would be like to live in a lighthouse. She knew that before lighthouses were automated, they were run by a lighthouse keeper who lived on the premises. Paloma thought she’d love to be a lighthouse keeper. Without thinking about it any longer, Paloma began to write the story.

I sat with my cat Sadie curled on my lap and looked out the window at the crashing waves. The heavy rain beat against my lighthouse like a thousand footsteps racing up and down the walls. I held Sadie closer, and she let out a small meow of displeasure. I knew that the coming storm could not be too dangerous if Sadie was still acting normally. I had read that animals can sense changes in weather and will seek shelter from a tornado or hurricane. I was relying on Sadie’s calmness to get me through my first hurricane on the island. I knew that my lighthouse was sturdily built. It had survived more than one hundred years’ worth of hurricanes and tropical storms. There was no reason to believe that it couldn’t survive another. I looked up at the staircase that spiraled above me and worried as I felt the tower sway slightly in a gust of wind.

Paloma stopped and reread what she had just written. She smiled to herself in delight, saved her story, and then settled into her chair to continue writing. She wasn’t sure what was going to happen next, but she knew that if she kept going, the story would continue to tell itself. Paloma couldn’t wait to find out where it would take her.

24. Why is Paloma feeling anxious at the beginning of the passage?

A. She hasn’t much time left to do her writing task. B. She doesn’t know the details of her writing task. C. She has completely forgotten about her writing task. D. She doesn’t know what is wrong with her computer. 25. What is the inspiration for Paloma’s story idea? A. Her cat.

B. Her teacher. C. Her trip.

D. Her dream.

26. In Paloma’s story, how does the lighthouse keeper decide if the storm is dangerous? A. By listening to the weather report. B. By watching the crashing waves.

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