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1茂名市2012年第二次高考模拟考试英语试卷本试卷共12页,三大题,满分135分。考试用时120分钟。Ⅰ语言知识及应用(共两节，满分45分)第一节完形填空(共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分)阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从1—15各题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。Electronicbookshavechangedthewaymanypeoplereadforpleasure.Nowonlinetextbooksarechangingthewaysomestudents1andsometeachersteach.Morethan175，000students2thepublicschoolsinFairfaxCounty,Virginia,outsideWashington.Lastyear,theschoolsystemuseddigital3infifteenschools.Thisschoolyear,middleschoolsandhighschoolschangedfrom4toelectronictextbooksintheirsocialstudiesclasses.LukeRosaisahistoryteacheratFallsChurchHighSchool.His5workonschoollaptopcomputers.Heexplainstheideatothemthisway:Imean,it'sjustlikea6textbook,exceptit'sgotitallonline.PeterNoonan,aleaderofschools,sayswithelectronictextbooks,publisherscanquickly7thecontentwiththelatestinformation.Hesays:Theworld'schanging8.Andtheonlinetextbookscanchangerightalongwiththeeventsthatarehappening.Hesaysdigitalbooksalsocost9thanprintedtextbooks:Usuallyit'sintheneighborhoodofbetweenfiftyandseventydollarsto10atextbookforeachstudent,whichaddsupto11eightmilliondollarsforallofourstudentsinFairfaxCounty.We12havepurchasedalloftheonlinetextbooksforourstudentsforjustundersixmilliondollars.Butthestudentsalsoneed13totheInternetwhentheyarenotatschool.AbouttenpercentofstudentsinFairfaxCountydonothaveacomputeroronlineaccessat14.StephenCastilloisoneofthem.Hehastogothepubliclibrary,whichhasfree15.1.A.readB.learnC.behaveD.speak2.A.visitB.leaveC.desireD.attend3.A.camerasB.booksC.librariesD.data4.A.printedB.ordered`C.usedD.priced25.A.studentsB.colleaguesC.leadersD.friends6.A.digitalB.popularC.regularD.different7.A.presentB.provideC.chargeD.update8.A.peacefullyB.consistentlyC.steadilyD.unnoticeably9.A.lessB.moreC.higherD.better10.A.rentB.downloadC.buyD.record11.A.exactlyB.permanentlyC.doubtfullyD.roughly12.A.actuallyB.unwillinglyC.hopefullyD.fortunately13.A.entranceB.approachC.accessD.admission14.A.schoolB.workC.handD.home15.A.seatsB.InternetC.textbooksD.homework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16～25的相应位置上。Iwasfeelingsadbecausemymotherwasoutofjob.Itleftmewondering16wasgoingtohappentous.Igotoffthecollegeshuttlebusandstartedwalking.ThenIheardpianomusicandsingingrisingabovethenoiseofthepeopleandthetraffic.Iwalkedmuch17(slow)soIcouldfindoutwhereitwascoming18.ThroughthecrowdIsawayoungladysittingatapianowithacarriagenexttoher.Shewassingingsongs19loveandkeepingontrying,andnotunderestimating（低估）thepowerwithinyourself.Thewayshewassingingcomfortedmeabit.Istoodthere20(watch)herplayforaboutfifteenminutes,thinkingthat21musttakecouragetoperformonherowninthemiddleofacrowd.Shemusthavefeltmypresencebecauseshewouldoccasionallylookinmydirection.BynowIwastelling22thatifshecouldperforminfrontofhundredsofpeople23shedidn'tknow,Icouldatleasttellherhowgoodshesounded.Iwalkedover，24(put)somemoneyinhercarriageandsaid,Thankyou.Ihavebeengoingthrougharoughtimelately,butyou'vemademe25(hope)again.Ⅱ阅读(共两节，满分50分)第一节阅读理解(共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分)3AWhetherwe’re2yearsoldor62,ourreasonsforlyingaremostlythesame:togetoutoftrouble,forpersonalgainandtomakeourselveslookbetterintheeyesofothers.Butagrowingbodyofresearchisraisingquestionsabouthowachild’slieisdifferentfromanadult’slie,andhowthewaywedeceivechangesaswegrow.“Parentsandteacherswhocatchtheirchildrenlyingshouldnotbealarmed.Theirchildrenarenotgoingtoturnouttobeabnormalliars,”saysDr.Lee,aprofessorattheUniversityofTorontoanddirectoroftheInstituteofChildStudy.Hehasspentthelast15yearsstudyinghowlyingchangesaskidsgetolder,whysomepeopleliemorethanothersaswellaswhichfactorscanreducelying.Thefactthatchildrentellliesisasignthattheyhavereachedanewdevelopmentalstage.Dr.Leeconductedaseriesofstudiesinwhichtheybringchildrenintoalabwithhiddencameras.Childrenandyoungadultsaged2to17arelikelytoliewhilebeingtoldnottolookatatoy,whichisputbehindthechild’sback.Whetherornotthechildtakesasecretlookiscaughtontape.Foryoungkids,thedesiretocheatisbigand90%takeasecretlookintheseexperiments.Whenthetest-giverreturnstotheroom,thechildisaskedifheorshelookedsecretly.Atage2,aboutaquarterofchildrenwilllieandsaytheydidn’t.By3,halfofkidswilllie,andby4,thatfigureis90%,studiesshow.Researchershavefoundthatit’skidswithbetterunderstandingabilitieswholiemore.That’sbecausetolieyoualsohavetokeepthetruthinmind,whichincludesmanybrainprocesses,suchascombiningseveralsourcesofinformationandfakingthatinformation.Theabilitytolie—andliesuccessfully—isthoughttoberelatedtodevelopmentofbrainregionsthatallowsocalled“executivefunctioning”,orhigherorderthinkingandreasoningabilities.Kidswhoperformbetteronteststhatinvolveexecutivefunctioningalsoliemore.26.What’sthepurposeofchildrentellinglies?A.Tohelptheirfriendsout.B.Togetridoftrouble.C.Togetattentionfromothers.D.Tocreateapopularimage.427.Theunderlinedword“deceive”inParagraph1canbereplacedby“”.A.tellliesB.handletroublesC.raisequestionsD.doresearch28.Fromthesecondparagraphwecanknowthat.A.whichfactorscanreducelyingB.whysomeliemorethanothersC.itisnormalforkidstotellliesD.howlyingchangesaski